The draft decree-law on the state of health emergency was approved by the Moroccan government and parliament. According to its 6th article, all the legal and regulatory deadlines will stop running during the emergency period fixed from March 20th 2020 to April 20th 2020, they will be resumed the day following the lifting of the health emergency state.
This measure covers, among others, the time limits for remedies provided by the legislation in force such as appeal, cassation complaint, prescription and foreclosure.
However, this measure doesn’t apply to time limits for appeals relating to persons prosecuted in detention, as well as the periods of placement in police custody and preventive detention.