Article 33-2Registration of Organizations Cooperating in Support of Disaster Victims
第三十三条の二（被災者援護協力団体の登録）
A corporation, or an organization specified by Disaster Management Agency Order as equivalent thereto, that carries out work falling under any of the following items, being cooperation in the support of disaster victims provided by the national government and local governments (hereinafter referred to as "cooperative work in support of disaster victims") (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "organization cooperating in support of disaster victims"), may receive registration from the Prime Minister:
国及び地方公共団体が行う被災者の援護への協力であつて、次の各号のいずれかに該当する業務（以下「被災者援護協力業務」という。）を行う法人その他これに準ずるものとして防災庁令で定める団体（以下この条において「被災者援護協力団体」という。）は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けることができる。
operation of shelters (meaning facilities for having residents, persons staying in the area, and other persons who have evacuated (hereinafter referred to as "residents, etc.") stay for the period necessary for evacuation, or for temporarily accommodating disaster victims, including affected residents who have difficulty securing a place to reside by themselves (hereinafter referred to as "affected residents"); the same applies hereinafter);
避難所（避難のための立退きを行つた居住者、滞在者その他の者（以下「居住者等」という。）を避難のために必要な間滞在させ、又は自ら居住の場所を確保することが困難な被災した住民（以下「被災住民」という。）その他の被災者を一時的に滞在させるための施設をいう。以下同じ。）の運営
provision of food through soup kitchens or other means, or supply of drinking water;
炊き出しその他による食品の給与又は飲料水の供給
provision or lending of clothing, bedding, and other daily necessities;
被服、寝具その他生活必需品の給与又は貸与
emergency repair of damaged houses, or removal of earth and sand and other obstacles caused by a disaster;
被災した住宅の応急修理又は災害により生じた土砂その他の障害物の除去
response to consultations from disaster victims, or provision of information or advice to disaster victims;
被災者からの相談への対応又は被災者に対する情報の提供若しくは助言
liaison and coordination relating to the implementation of the acceptance of volunteers;
ボランティアの受入れの実施に係る連絡調整
beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, work of cooperation necessary to provide support for disaster victims.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、被災者の援護を図るために必要な協力の業務
An organization cooperating in support of disaster victims that intends to receive the registration under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "registration") must, as provided by Disaster Management Agency Order, apply to the Prime Minister.
An organization cooperating in support of disaster victims that falls under any of the following items may not receive registration:
one whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 33-9, and for which two years have not elapsed from the date of the rescission;
one with an officer (meaning a member who executes operations, a director, an executive officer, or a person equivalent thereto, and including a consultant, advisor, or any other person, regardless of the title, found to have control over a corporation equal to or greater than that of a member who executes operations, a director, an executive officer, or a person equivalent thereto, and, in the case of an association that is not a corporation and has a designated representative or manager, that representative or manager; the same applies in Articles 33-6 and 90-6) who falls under any of the following:
a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or who has committed an offense prescribed in this Act and been sentenced to a fine or a heavier punishment, and for whom two years have not elapsed from the date on which the execution of the sentence was completed or ceased to be subject to execution;
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律に規定する罪を犯して罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者
a person for whom there are reasonable grounds to find a likelihood of committing, collectively or habitually, violent unlawful acts or other unlawful acts constituting an offense specified by Disaster Management Agency Order;
集団的に、又は常習的に暴力的不法行為その他の罪に当たる違法な行為で防災庁令で定めるものを行うおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当な理由がある者
an organized crime group member prescribed in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991), or a person for whom five years have not elapsed from the date on which the person ceased to be an organized crime group member prescribed in that item;
暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第二条第六号に規定する暴力団員又は同号に規定する暴力団員でなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者
an alcohol, narcotics, marijuana, opium, or stimulants addict;
アルコール、麻薬、大麻、あへん又は覚醒剤の中毒者
a person specified by Disaster Management Agency Order as unable to properly carry out cooperative work in support of disaster victims due to a mental or physical impairment.
心身の障害により被災者援護協力業務を適正に行うことができない者として防災庁令で定めるもの
The Prime Minister must grant registration if an organization cooperating in support of disaster victims that has filed the application under paragraph (2) conforms to all of the following requirements:
the organization has equipment and other supplies necessary for the cooperative work in support of disaster victims that it intends to conduct, and at least two of the persons engaged in that cooperative work in support of disaster victims are persons specified by Disaster Management Agency Order as having professional knowledge and skills concerning that cooperative work in support of disaster victims;
その行おうとする被災者援護協力業務に必要な機材その他の物資を有し、かつ、当該被災者援護協力業務に従事する者のうち二人以上が当該被災者援護協力業務に関する専門的な知識及び技能を有する者として防災庁令で定める者であるものであること。
the following measures for properly conducting cooperative work in support of disaster victims have been taken:
被災者援護協力業務を適切に行うための次に掲げる措置がとられていること。
an administrator for properly conducting cooperative work in support of disaster victims has been appointed;
被災者援護協力業務を適切に行うための管理者が置かれていること。
a written statement of work procedures and other documents concerning ensuring the proper implementation of cooperative work in support of disaster victims have been prepared; and
被災者援護協力業務の適切な実施の確保に関する業務方法書その他の文書が作成されていること。
the organization has a considerable record of the cooperative work in support of disaster victims that it intends to conduct.
その行おうとする被災者援護協力業務の実績が相当程度あること。
Registration is to be made by entering or recording the following matters in the register of registered organizations cooperating in support of disaster victims:
登録は、登録被災者援護協力団体登録簿に次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録してするものとする。
date of registration and registration number;
登録年月日及び登録番号
the name and address of the registered organization cooperating in support of disaster victims and, in the case of a corporation, the name of its representative (in the case of an organization that is not a corporation and has a designated representative or administrator, that representative or administrator);
登録被災者援護協力団体の名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者（法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものにあつては、その代表者又は管理人）の氏名
the area in which the organization intends to conduct cooperative work in support of disaster victims; and
被災者援護協力業務を行おうとする地域
other matters specified by Disaster Management Agency Order, in addition to those set out in the preceding three items.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、防災庁令で定める事項
When a registered organization cooperating in support of disaster victims intends to change any of the matters set out in items (ii) through (iv) of the preceding paragraph, it must notify the Prime Minister to that effect, as provided by Disaster Management Agency Order.
登録被災者援護協力団体は、前項第二号から第四号までに掲げる事項を変更しようとするときは、防災庁令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
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disastermachine translation
「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
registered organization cooperating in support of disaster victimsmachine translation
「登録被災者援護協力団体」
An organization cooperating in support of disaster victims (被災者援護協力団体), a corporation or similar body that helps the State and local governments support disaster victims through work such as running shelters or providing meals, that is registered with the Prime Minister under Article 33-2, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 23, paragraph (7)
organization cooperating in support of disaster victimsmachine translation
「被災者援護協力団体」
In Article 33-2, a corporation, or another body a Disaster Management Agency Order treats alike, that helps the State and local governments support disaster victims through work such as running shelters, providing meals and drinking water, supplying clothing and bedding, emergency house repairs and clearing debris, counselling and informing victims, and coordinating volunteers.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
cooperative work in support of disaster victimsmachine translation
「被災者援護協力業務」
Work that helps the State and local governments support disaster victims: running shelters, providing meals and drinking water, supplying or lending clothing, bedding and other daily necessities, emergency repair of damaged houses and clearing of debris, counselling and informing victims, coordinating volunteers, and other cooperation needed to support victims.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1)
residents, etc.machine translation
「居住者等」
Residents (居住者), people staying in the area (滞在者) and others.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
affected residentmachine translation
「被災住民」
A resident hit by a disaster who has difficulty finding a place to live on their own.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
sheltermachine translation
「避難所」
A facility where residents and others who have left their homes to evacuate stay for as long as they need to, or where affected residents who cannot find a place to live and other disaster victims stay temporarily.
Defined inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
registrationmachine translation
「登録」
Registration with the Prime Minister, under Article 33-2, paragraph (1), of an organization cooperating in support of disaster victims, such as one that runs shelters or provides meals and drinking water to disaster victims.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (2)
officermachine translation
「役員」
In Articles 33-2, 33-6 and 90-6, a partner who executes the business of an organization cooperating in support of disaster victims, a director, an executive officer or a person of equivalent standing, including anyone, whatever their title, such as adviser, recognised as having control over it equal to or greater than theirs, and the representative or administrator of an unincorporated body that has one.
Defined inArticle 33-2, paragraph (3), item (ii)· applies only in this provision and in Articles 33-6 and 90-6
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.