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Decree-Law No. 15/2020 establishing a Monetary Support for Households due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

Country/Territory
Timor-Leste
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Social protection Public health Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Financing Public private partnership (PPP)
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters into force the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree-Law establishes a Monetary Assistance for Households due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The purpose of this Monetary Assistance is to create and regulate a temporary support to “Uma kain” (Timorese households), hereinafter referred to as monetary support. The Monetary Assistance aims to support the “Uma Kain” in responding to their immediate needs arising from restrictive measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in their recovery after their lifting with a periodic cash payment, of a single amount and of a temporary nature. Beneficiaries of monetary assistance are the “Uma kain” registered in the “Uma Kain Registration Book” of one of the Sucos in the national territory, under the terms of the Ministerial Order No. 49/2017 of 23 August, of the Minister of the State Administration, and are located in national territory at the time of payment.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org