Considering the condition of a presumed disaster, the condition of the population and any other conditions, the mayor of a municipality must designate public facilities and any other facilities meeting the standards provided for by Cabinet Order as designated shelters in order to secure proper shelter when a disaster occurs.
The provisions of Article 49-4, paragraphs (2) and (3) and the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis to designated shelter. In this case, the term "the preceding paragraph" in Article 49-4, paragraph (2), and the term "paragraph (1)" in the same Article, paragraph (3) are deemed to be replaced with "Article 49-7, paragraph (1)", and the term "Article 49-4, paragraph (1)" in the preceding Article with "the following Article, paragraph (1)".
第四十九条の四第二項及び第三項並びに前二条の規定は、指定避難所について準用する。この場合において、第四十九条の四第二項中「前項」とあり、及び同条第三項中「第一項」とあるのは「第四十九条の七第一項」と、前条中「第四十九条の四第一項」とあるのは「次条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
When the prefectural governor receives a notification under Article 49-4, paragraph (3) or the preceding Article, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the governor must report to the Prime Minister to that effect.
都道府県知事は、前項において準用する第四十九条の四第三項又は前条第二項の規定による通知を受けたときは、その旨を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。
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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
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)
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.