Law No. 212 “On the state of emergency, siege and martial law.”

State of emergency shall be intended a set of measures of political, economic, social nature and maintenance of public order temporarily introduced in certain areas or on the whole territory of the country in case of inevitability of occurrence or occurrence of emergency situations of natural, anthropogenic or socio-biological nature, which makes it necessary to prevent, reduce and eliminate their consequences. This law establishes: (a) the grounds, procedure and conditions for declaring the emergency, siege or martial law, as well as the competence of bodies declaring the state of emergency, siege or martial law; (b) measures applied during a state of emergency, siege or martial law and also the rights, duties and responsibilities of legal persons and natural persons during this period. During the period of state of emergency, siege or martial law, some powers of central and local public administration authorities are vested in the competent bodies provided for by this Law, in accordance with the procedure, established by the Government. In the event of the state of emergency, siege or martial law, the competent bodies shall be vested with the powers of central and local public administration. During the introduction of the state of emergency, siege or martial law, central and local public administration bodies shall carry out only those powers that have not been delegated to the competent authorities and are obliged to support them. The state of emergency shall be declared on the proposal of the President of the Republic of Moldova or by the Government. State of emergency may be declared for a period not exceeding 60 days. Depending on the evolution of the situation, the President of the Republic of Moldova or the Government may request Parliament to extend or reduce the period of validity of the state of emergency, as well as to expand or reduce its area of application. For the duration of the state of emergency, depending on the specific circumstances, the following measures may be taken: (a) rationing of food consumption; and (b) introduction of quarantine and application of other mandatory sanitary and other anti-epidemic arrangements. This Law contains VIII Chapters divided into 67 Articles. Chapter I lays down general provisions. Chapter II establishes the procedure for the proclamation and cancellation of emergency, siege and martial law. Chapter III regards emergency situation. Chapter IV regards introduction of siege. Chapter V regards introduction of martial law. Chapter VI regards the administration of justice during emergency, siege of martial law. It establishes the particulars of criminal procedures and administrative offences. Chapter VII establishes liability during emergency, siege of martial law. Chapter VIII lays down final and transitional provisions.