Article 27Delegation of Authority of the Head of a Designated Administrative Organ
第二十七条（指定行政機関の長の権限の委任）
When an extraordinary disaster management headquarters is established, the head of a designated administrative organ may delegate the necessary authority for emergency disaster control measures in whole or in part to the following officials of the relevant headquarters: officials of the designated administrative organ, or the head of the relevant designated local administrative organ, or its officials.
When the head of a designated administrative organ has delegated authority under the preceding paragraph, that head must immediately make a public notice to that effect.
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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