S. No. 1418
H. No. 6616
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Eighteenth Congress
First Special Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of March, two thousand twenty.
[ Republic Act No. 11469 ]
AN ACT DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ARISING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) SITUATION AND A NATIONAL POLICY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD AND SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, TO EXERCISE POWERS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE DECLARED NATIONAL POLICY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title.—This Act shall be known and cited as "Bayanihan to Heal As One Act”.
Sec. 2. State of National Emergency.—Presidential Proclamation No. 922, s. 2020, was issued declaring a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines due