In cases where the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary to give instructions for evacuation for taking refuge pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), or instructions for urgent measures to ensure safety pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (3), the mayor may request the head of the designated administrative organ, the head of the designated local administrative organ, or the prefectural governor to give advice on the instructions. In this case, the head of the designated administrative organ, the head of the designated local administrative organ, or the prefectural governor who is requested to give advice is to give necessary advice related to the function under the official's jurisdiction.
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designated administrative organs
「指定行政機関」
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
designated local administrative organs
「指定地方行政機関」
The local branch offices of designated administrative organs, and other local administrative organs of the State, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
urgent measures to ensure safetymachine translation
「緊急安全確保措置」
Urgent steps to keep safe, such as moving to higher ground, sheltering in a sturdy building nearby or keeping away from openings to the outside inside a building, which the mayor of a municipality may instruct residents and others to take when leaving to evacuate would itself put their lives or bodies at risk.
Short name set inArticle 60, paragraph (3)