District residents, etc. may jointly make a proposal to the municipal disaster management council to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan. In this case, the draft plan of the district disaster management plan concerning that proposal must be attached.
The proposal under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "plan proposal" in this Article) is to be made as provided for by Disaster Management Agency Order, provided the content of the draft plan of the district disaster management plan concerning that plan proposal does not conflict with the municipal area disaster management plan.
When a plan proposal is made, the municipal disaster management council must judge without delay whether it is necessary to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan based on the relevant plan proposal, and when found necessary, that council must add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan.
When the municipal disaster management council, as a result of judgment of the preceding paragraph pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, decides that it is not necessary to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan based on the relevant plan proposal, that council must notify without delay district residents, etc. who made the relevant plan proposal to that effect and the reason therefor.
In cases where the district disaster management plan has been added to the municipal area disaster management plan, district residents, etc. related to the relevant district disaster management plan must endeavor to implement disaster management activities in accordance with the relevant district disaster management plan.
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district residents, etc.machine translation
「地区居住者等」
In Article 42, paragraph (3) and Article 42-2, the people who live in a particular district of a municipality and the businesses that have a place of business there.
Short name set inArticle 42, paragraph (3)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 42-2
district disaster management planmachine translation
「地区防災計画」
In Article 42, paragraph (3) and Article 42-2, a plan for disaster management activities in a particular district of a municipality, such as drills its residents and businesses hold together, stocks of supplies and materials for their activities and their mutual support when a disaster strikes, which the municipality's area disaster management plan may include.
Short name set inArticle 42, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 42-2
plan proposalmachine translation
「計画提案」
In Article 42-2, a joint proposal by the residents and businesses of a district to the municipal disaster management council that a district disaster management plan be included in the municipality's area disaster management plan.
Short name set inArticle 42-2, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article