Article 50Emergency Disaster Control Measures and Responsibility for Their Implementation
第五十条（災害応急対策及びその実施責任）
Emergency disaster control measures are to be performed with respect to the following matters, when a disaster occurs or is likely to occur, for the purpose of preventing a disaster or preventing the spread of the disaster, or of conducting emergency rescue work:
災害応急対策は、次に掲げる事項について、災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合に災害の発生を防御し、又は応急的救助を行う等災害の拡大を防止するために行うものとする。
matters concerning the issuance and transmission of alarms, and recommendations or instructions for evacuation;
警報の発令及び伝達並びに避難の勧告又は指示に関する事項
matters concerning emergency measures, such as fire-fighting and flood prevention;
消防、水防その他の応急措置に関する事項
matters concerning rescue, aid, and protection of disaster victims;
被災者の救難、救助その他保護に関する事項
matters concerning emergency education of children and school children affected by disasters;
災害を受けた児童及び生徒の応急の教育に関する事項
matters concerning emergency restoration of facilities and equipment;
施設及び設備の応急の復旧に関する事項
matters concerning protection of the living environment and public health such as treatment and cleanup of waste, epidemic control, and others;
廃棄物の処理及び清掃、防疫その他の生活環境の保全及び公衆衛生に関する事項
matters concerning the preservation of social order at disaster areas regarding crime prevention, traffic control, etc.;
犯罪の予防、交通の規制その他災害地における社会秩序の維持に関する事項
matters concerning ensuring emergency transport;
緊急輸送の確保に関する事項
beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, any matters related to measures for prevention of the occurrence or spread of disasters.
The head of a designated administrative organ, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, designated public corporations and designated local public corporations, and any other parties responsible, by laws and regulations, for implementing emergency disaster control measures must carry out the measures, as provided for by laws and regulations or under a disaster management plan, exercising full care to ensure the safety of those engaged in emergency disaster control measures.
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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
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
designated public corporations
「指定公共機関」
Incorporated administrative agencies, the Bank of Japan, the Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and other public institutions, and corporations running public utilities such as electricity, gas, transport and telecommunications, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
designated local public corporations
「指定地方公共機関」
Local incorporated administrative agencies, port authorities, land improvement districts and other managers of public facilities, and corporations running public utilities such as electricity, gas, transport and telecommunications in a prefecture, that the governor of that prefecture designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
disaster management plans
「防災計画」
The basic disaster management plan, the disaster management operation plans and the area disaster management plans.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law