When the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary, considering comprehensively the situations such as the condition of disaster management facilities, topography, geology, and other factors, the mayor must designate facilities or sites meeting the standards provided for by Cabinet Order as designated emergency evacuation sites for each extraordinary phenomenon of flood, tsunami, etc. provided for by Cabinet Order in order to ensure evacuation for smooth and prompt emergency evacuation when a disaster occurs or is likely to occur.
市町村長は、防災施設の整備の状況、地形、地質その他の状況を総合的に勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合における円滑かつ迅速な避難のための立退きの確保を図るため、政令で定める基準に適合する施設又は場所を、洪水、津波その他の政令で定める異常な現象の種類ごとに、指定緊急避難場所として指定しなければならない。
When the mayor of a municipality intends to designate a designated emergency evacuation site pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor must obtain the approval of the administrators of the designated emergency evacuation site (excluding the municipality; the same applies to the following Article).
When the mayor of a municipality has designated the site under paragraph (1), the mayor must notify the prefectural governor and make a public notice to that effect.
市町村長は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、その旨を、都道府県知事に通知するとともに、公示しなければならない。
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「災害」
Damage caused by a storm, tornado, heavy rain or snow, flood, slope failure, debris flow, storm surge, earthquake, tsunami, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruption, landslide or other abnormal natural phenomenon, or by a large fire or explosion or another cause that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as causing damage on a similar scale.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law