Article 57Priority Use of Communications Facilities for the Transmission of Alarm

In cases where a notification, request, transmission, or alarm under the preceding two Articles requires urgency, when there is a special necessity for its communication, as provided for by Cabinet Order except as otherwise provided for by other laws, the prefectural governor or the mayor of a municipality may preferentially use the telecommunications facilities that the telecommunications carriers prescribed in Article 2, item (v) of the Telecommunications Business Act (Act No. 86 of 1984) use for business purposes, use the wire telecommunications facilities or radio facilities installed by persons set forth in Article 3, paragraph (4), item (iv) of the Wire Telecommunications Act (Act No. 96 of 1953), request the key broadcasters prescribed in Article 2, item (xxiii) of the Broadcast Act (Act No. 132 of 1950) to conduct the broadcast thereof, or request persons engaged in business activities provided for by Cabinet Order concerning the provision of information using the Internet to provide information using the Internet.