Article 49Responsibility for Stockpiling Goods and Materials Necessary for Disaster Management, Etc.
第四十九条（防災に必要な物資及び資材の備蓄等の義務等）
Persons responsible for disaster prevention, as provided for by laws and regulations or under a disaster management plan, must stockpile, prepare, or inspect goods and materials necessary for emergency disaster control measures or recovery and reconstruction concerning the function or operations under their jurisdiction, and conduct maintenance or inspection of facilities and equipment for disaster management under their control.
The head of a local government must publicly announce, once every year, the state of the stockpiling of goods under the preceding paragraph.
地方公共団体の長は、毎年一回、前項の規定による物資の備蓄の状況を公表しなければならない。
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recovery and reconstructionmachine translation
「復旧復興」
Recovery from a disaster and reconstruction after it.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
disaster managementmachine translation
「防災」
Preventing disasters before they happen, stopping the damage from spreading once one strikes, and recovering from a disaster and rebuilding after it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
disaster management plans
「防災計画」
The basic disaster management plan, the disaster management operation plans and the area disaster management plans.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
persons responsible for disaster preventioncorrected by this site
「災害予防責任者」
In Chapter IV (disaster prevention), the heads of designated administrative organs and designated local administrative organs, the heads and other executive organs of local governments, designated public corporations and designated local public corporations, public organizations, and the managers of facilities important for disaster management.
Short name set inArticle 47, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter