Martial law was declared in parts Yangon, Mandalay and other areas in Myanmar after hundreds of thousands rallied across the country against the coup.
The orders initially covered seven townships in Mandalay but similar declarations have since been made further south in Yangon and Ayeyarwady townships. Announcements concerning other localities are expected to trickle out tonight.
They ban people from protesting or gathering in groups of more than five, and a curfew will run from 8pm to 4am, the general administration department said in a statement.
“This order is applied until further notice,” one Mandalay township statement said.
At 8pm today – a time reserved for the banging of pots and pans to drive away evil – Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing addressed the nation for the first time since the coup.
He tried to justify the seizure of with "voter fraud" but did not mention the countrywide mass protests against the military’s actions or the detention of National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and president Win Myint.
Min Aung Hlaing, handed sweeping powers following the coup, insisted that the new military junta would be "different" from the army's previous 49-year reign, which ended in 2011.
"After the tasks of the emergency period are completed, free and fair multi-party general elections will be held according to the constitution," he said.
"The winning party will be transferred state duty according to democratic standards."
