In cases where the State, finding it necessary for implementing emergency measures in the event of a disaster, lends national property or other articles of State ownership, or allows them to be used, as provided for separately by law, the consideration for the loan or the use may be made free of charge or fixed at a rate lower than the market value.
If a local government, finding it necessary for implementing emergency measures in the event of a disaster, lends property or articles under its ownership, or allows them to be used, as provided for separately by law, the consideration for the loan or the use may be made free of charge or fixed at a rate lower than the market value.
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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
emergency measures
「応急措置」
Fire-fighting, flood fighting, rescue and other emergency measures needed to fend off a disaster or stop it from spreading.
Short name set inArticle 62, paragraph (1)