# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第十条 (Article 10)

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- Law: 災害対策基本法 (Basic Act on Disaster Management), 昭和三十六年法律第二百二十三号
- English title "Basic Act on Disaster Management": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十条 (Article 10)（他の法律との関係） — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-10
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### 第十条（他の法律との関係） — (Relation to Other Acts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  防災に関する事務の処理については、他の法律に特別の定めがある場合を除くほか、この法律の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-10/par-1</sup>
Handling of affairs concerning disaster management is governed by the provisions of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by other laws.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 災害対策基本法 — the text in force from 2026-11-02 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223/20261102_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02