The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor
- Level
- Territorial
- Authority
- Act 20-2017 art. 6.10 (recited); P.R. Const. art. IV
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12 (Section 5: shall take effect immediately) (read as 2020-03-12)
- End
- continued through the period; OE-2021-054 (July 1, 2021) keeps the emergency in effect until the Governor declares the epidemic over (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declaration
- Addressees
- all agencies of the Executive Branch
- the public
- Functions reached
- predicate for every later PR order
- Collection
- Territorial governments AGY-TERRITORIES
Operative words
Section 1:... the Government of Puerto Rico is [declaring] a state of emergency... [to] control the spreading of this virus and protect the wellbeing of our people. Section 5: EFFECTIVENESS. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Enforcement
Predicate declaration; the penalties of Act 20-2017 attach to the orders issued under it
Notes
Emergency declaration; the predicate recited in every later order through OE-2021-075
Retrieval noteGovernment of Puerto Rico certified English translation posted by the Department of State; Spanish original at https://docs.pr.gov/files/Estado/OrdenesEjecutivas/2020/OE-2020-020(f).pdf.