The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The national defence chapter I General provisions article 1. The Latvian National Defense is the country's political, economic, military, social and legal measures and the system created by the State to protect its citizens ' security, the inviolability of the territory, the constitutional order and national sovereignty.
2. article. Each and all of the nation's citizens, as well as institutions, companies and organisations are obliged to participate in national defence.
3. article. National defence measures by the national armed forces, the national security authorities, as well as important objects of the State protection authority (authorities) and other State institutions in their entirety constitute a single system of national defence.
4. article. National defence should ensure that: 1) national security, national constitutional and national sovereignty;
2) national land area, sea area and airspace integrity;
3) important national object protection;
4) internal and external threat forecasting, detection, prevention and neutralization;
5) national defence force and the necessary funds, it management and constant readiness.
5. article. National defence is the legal basis for the Constitution, this law, other laws and regulations, human society and the protection of the public interest, as well as international treaties that are concluded or acceded to by the Republic of Latvia.
Chapter II national forces article 6. (1) the national armed forces are organized and armed people's part, directly and actively participates in national defence.
(2) the national armed forces is composed of defense forces and the National Guard, but the war or during a State of exception, other Department of Defense military and separate the militarized formations of the Ministry of the Interior.
7. article. (1) the national armed forces in active military service and rating service persons are soldiers. National armed forces unit military rights and obligations determined by the laws and other regulations.
(2) the Conscription procedure mandatory public service determines the law «On the Republic of Latvia the minimum public service».
(3) the entry into the national armed forces in active military service and rating service and retirement terms by laws and Cabinet regulations.
(4) war or exceptional condition during military service for persons can be mobilized.
8. article. National armed forces main role is: 1) protect and defend the State border;
2) provide national land area, sea area and airspace integrity;
3) to prevent the violent overthrow of the legitimate Government and the Constitution in certain public facilities;
4) to participate in the UN peacekeeping force.
9. article. (1) national armed forces Commander of the national armed forces is the Supreme military leader who distributes a single military leadership in national armed forces, and is directly subject to the Defence Minister. National armed forces Commander provides national defence operational plan and is responsible for this law, laid down in article 8 of the national armed forces planning, execution and control.
(2) national armed forces Commander's body of work is the national headquarters of the armed forces.
(3) the national headquarters of the armed forces structure and staff shall be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, on a proposal by the Ministry of defence.
Chapter III administration of State power and bodies exercising competence in the MANAGEMENT of national defence in article 10. The Parliament: 1) shall adopt the necessary national defence legislation;
2) decides on the size of the armed forces in time of peace by approving the State budget appropriations national defence needs;
3) decide on the Declaration of war and launch;
4) promulgated the country General or partial mobilization;
5) decide on the cabinet announced the exceptional situation in the country or a part thereof, and on its termination;
6) confirm and denouncing international treaties and agreements on matters of protection;
7) after a proposal of the President shall be appointed for 4 years and stripped of its national armed forces Commander. The Saeima may be removed from Office by the national armed forces Commander before that deadline;
8) following a proposal of the President shall be appointed and relieved of its National Guard Commander;
9) decide on the national use of armed forces outside the national territory.
11. article. National President: 1) chaired the National Security Council;
2) is the national armed forces (national armed forces) the Supreme Leader. He appoints the wartime national armed forces Commander in Chief;
3) exercises the right of legislative initiative on matters of national defence;
4) propose to the Parliament to appoint or release from the national armed forces Commander and the National Guard Commander;
5 assign first officer) ranks of national armed forces and increase its military after the recommendation of the Minister of defence;
6) national armed forces issued orders and orders that the signature along with the Defence Minister or Prime Minister;
7) declare war Constitution.
12. article. Cabinet: 1) organised by the National Defence Act and the Parliament adopted decision;
2) confirms the country defense concepts, develop and carry out plans of national defence;
3) issued in exceptional condition prescribed by law;
4) determines the important national collections of objects, the object of protection, as well as the necessary protection of the State protection authority (authorities);
5) enforce the right of legislative initiative on matters of national defence;
6) provides the national armed forces, the national security authorities and important national institutions for the protection of objects (services) and it infrastructure and operations;
7) economic mobilization plan as well as the mobilization of the reserves plan and ensure compliance;
8) law and Parliamentary decisions in specific competence to issue laws and regulations national defence matters.
13. article. The Ministry of State administration entrusted to them in the performance of the functions of State institutions of protection orders and provides a national mobilization plan of the holding, as well as the exceptional situation of war or during the execution of the measures to be taken.
14. article. Defense Minister: 1) is responsible for the national defence plan and its execution in the military field;
2) submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers proposals for the national armed forces and the Ministry of defence and monitoring of the other military services for the development of the structure;
3) organizes the mandatory national service of citizens of Latvia are subject to accounting and recruitment into national armed forces;
4) organises the necessary arms and logistical supply of funds national armed force and other Department of Defense and the military services monitoring needs;
5) submit proposals to the development of national defence budget and is responsible for the implementation of the budget;
6) a validly concluded international agreements for protection;
7) organise the joint institutions of national defence personnel tracking and acquisition systems;
8) organized a United national armed forces supply system;
9) controls the National Defence Academy;
10) recommend to the President national armed forces military personnel in each of the first and the next officer ranks for the award.
Chapter IV the National Security Council, article 15. The National Security Council, the members of which (at the Office) is the President, Chairman of the Parliament, parliamentary defence and Home Affairs, the President of the Commission, the Parliament's National Security Commission, the President, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Interior Minister: 1) assess country and population protection status, internal and external threats, determine the potential for these risks prevention and neutralization of the means and methods;
2) national security authorities the statutory functions.
Chapter v other non-military national defence institutions article 16. (1) Civil protection is the engineering, economic, social and national system of rescue measures designed to protect the civilians, the economy and the environment of emergency threats and their consequences.
(2) the Civil protection system is designed in accordance with the law «on the Latvian civil protection».
Article 17. The Cabinet of Ministers may establish a non-violent resistance in the Center. Non-violent resistance in the center of the Department mission is to train citizens to peaceful national defence and if the constitutional order of the country are facing violent action — to organize civil defiance can be illegal.
Chapter VI national defense in time of war article 18. If a country to declare war, Latvia struck his country's borders, the President put the military defense measures, immediately notifying the Parliament.
19. article. On the Declaration of war decided by the Parliament. On the basis of the decision of the Parliament declaring the war President.
Transitional provisions with the entry into force of this law shall lapse:

1) 1992 4 November «On the protection of the country» (the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1992, 46./47./48.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1993, no. 34);
2) National Security Council Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1993, no. 34);
81. Article 3) the constitutional order adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 163 «On national armed forces» (the Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, nr. 18).
The law shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation.
The law adopted in 1994 the Saeima on 24 November.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1994 on 13 December