Defence Law No.13 of 1992.

This Law consisitng of 14 articles is issued under the Constitution that provides at Article 124 the measures and procedures necessary to defend the country in emergency cases.
Article 2 states that the Law shall be issued by Royal Decree in case of (i) emergencies that threaten the national security or general safety due to wars, a state leading to them, disorders, internal armed uprising, general disasters, outbreaking of a plague or epidemic; (ii) the Royal Decree shall include explanation of the state that required this Law to be effective, the area and date it will be effective in; and (iii) ceasing this Law is announced by a Royal Decree issued based on the decision of the Cabinet. Article 3 establishe that the Prime Minister takes measures necessary to secure general safety and defend the Kingdom without being restricted with the provisions of normal applicable laws. Article 4 lists the powers of the Prime Minister in case of issuance of the Law.