24 Mar DECREE NO. 2020-830 PROCLAIMING A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
One People – One Goal – One Faith
Decree No. 2020-830 of 23 March 2020 declaring a state of emergency on the national territory
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
HAVING REGARD to the Constitution;
HAVING REGARD to Law No. 69-29 of 29 April 1969 on the State of Emergency and the State of Siege;
HAVING REGARD to Law No. 69-30 of 29 April 1969 on the requisition of persons, goods and services;
HAVING REGARD to Decree No. 69-667 of 10 June 1969 implementing Law No. 69-29 of 29 April 1969 on the state of emergency and the state of siege;
HAVING REGARD to Decree No. 2019-1819 of 2 November 2019 setting the composition of the Government;
ON the report of the Minister of the Interior, the Rank of Seals, Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health and Social Action;
HAVING REGARD to the urgency,
D E C R E T E
Article one. – The state of emergency is proclaimed, from 24 March 2020, at zero o'clock, throughout the national territory.
Art. 2. – it entails, for its duration, the application of Articles 3 to 14 of Law No 69-29 of 29 April 1969 referred to above.
Art. 3. – The members of the Government are responsible, each as far as it is concerned, for the application of this decree which will be published in the Official Gazette and wherever necessary.
Done at Dakar, 23 March 2020.
Macky SALL