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Neither mandatory nor subject to fines. The use of masks on public roads becomes a “civic duty of citizens”, while the actions of the security forces and services will have a pedagogical and guiding nature “, and published today in the Official Gazette.
“This amendment, in addition to, as a result of what happens in other countries, establishes the use of face masks in public places, even on public roads, as an additional individual protection measure and the collective expression and civic duty of the citizens, it also reinforces the control and sanction measures for non-compliance with the obligations imposed in the diploma, considering the degree of relaxation and the risk that derives from it, which has been verified in the country “, reads the BO .
According to the diploma issued, which modifies the previous decree-law of April 25, the use of face masks on public roads, which implies or may imply contact between people who do not share the same residence, is a civic duty of all citizens, as an additional individual and collective protection measure.
Consequently, the actions of the security forces and services are pedagogical and guiding.
Violations committed to the provisions of this diploma, when practiced in the public land passenger transport sector, involve the seizure of the vehicle and mandatory decontamination procedures for the vehicle.
“Public institutions, public and private companies, public services of the central and local administration, drivers of public passenger transport, as well as commercial establishments of the sectors of activity must refuse to attend or allow access and permanence to Users who do not use the appropriate masks for the requested service, nor accept their use when it is made available to them by the entity that provides the service, and must request the intervention of the police authorities for this purpose ”, it is stated.
On August 7, the Minister of Internal Administration, Paulo Rocha, announced the government’s intention to modify the decree that stipulated the use of masks, which was now considered mandatory on public roads. Previously, the obligation only referred to “closed closed spaces with multiple people, applying particularly to workers in the public and private sectors whose functions involve direct contact with the public, as well as with the users and clients of that service.” According to the minister, it also determined the effective sanctions, when non-compliance occurs in certain sectors and areas of activity, especially vulnerable to the spread of the virus, such as in the transport and trade sectors.
Sent to the President of the Republic, the diploma waited a few weeks for its promulgation, and the endorsement was announced this Monday.
The published changes, however, soften the tone, opting not for the obligation and sanction of the use of masks on public roads, but stipulating it as an expression of civic duty.
