[L.S.]

PAULA-MAE WEEKES
President

WHEREAS it is enacted by:

(a) section 8(1) of the Constitution, that the President may from time to time make a Proclamation declaring that a State of Public Emergency exists; and

(b) section 8(2)(b) of the Constitution, that a Proclamation made by the President under section 8(1) shall not be effective unless it contains a declaration that the President is satisfied that a Public Emergency has arisen as a result of the occurrence of any Earthquake, Hurricane, Flood, Fire, Outbreak of Pestilence or of Infectious Disease, or other Calamity whether similar to the foregoing or not:

Now, therefore, I, PAULA-MAE WEEKES, President as aforesaid, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section 8(1) of the Constitution hereby declare that–

(a) I am satisfied that a Public Emergency has arisen as a result of the Outbreak of an Infectious Disease [2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)]; and

(b) a State of Public Emergency exists in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Given under my Hand and the
Seal of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,
at the Office of the President, St. Ann’s,
this 15th day of May, 2021.