Article 69Special Provisions for Procedure for Delegation of Affairs in Time of a Disaster
第六十九条（災害時における事務の委託の手続の特例）
In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred, when the municipality finds it necessary for implementing emergency measures, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 252-14 and 252-15 of the Local Autonomy Act, as provided for by Cabinet Order, it may delegate its affairs or part of the affairs under the authority of the mayor of a municipality, etc. to another local government and have the head or any other executive agency of the local government manage and execute them.
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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
mayor of a municipality, etc.
「市町村長等」
The mayor of a municipality, or a committee (委員会) or a commissioner (委員) of a municipality.
Short name set inArticle 29, paragraph (2)
emergency measures
「応急措置」
Fire-fighting, flood fighting, rescue and other emergency measures needed to fend off a disaster or stop it from spreading.
Short name set inArticle 62, paragraph (1)