# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第十六条 (Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（市町村防災会議） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十六条（市町村防災会議） — (Municipal Disaster Management Council) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16 **第一項** 市町村に、当該市町村の地域に係る地域防災計画を作成し、及びその実施を推進するほか、市町村長の諮問に応じて当該市町村の地域に係る防災に関する重要事項を審議するため、市町村防災会議を置く。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-1 A municipal disaster management council is established in a municipality in order to formulate an area disaster management plan concerning an area of the relevant municipality and promote the implementation of the plan, and also to deliberate on important matters relating to disaster management concerning an area of the relevant municipality in response to consultation from a mayor of a municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定するもののほか、市町村は、協議により規約を定め、共同して市町村防災会議を設置することができる。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-2 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, municipalities may set forth a constitution after deliberations and jointly establish a municipal disaster management council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村は、前項の規定により市町村防災会議を共同して設置したときその他市町村防災会議を設置することが不適当又は困難であるときは、第一項の規定にかかわらず、市町村防災会議を設置しないことができる。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-3 When a joint municipal disaster management council has been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it is inappropriate or difficult to establish a municipal disaster management council, the municipality may choose not to establish it, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村は、前項の規定により市町村防災会議を設置しないこととしたとき（第二項の規定により市町村防災会議を共同して設置したときを除く。）は、速やかにその旨を都道府県知事に報告しなければならない。 art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-4 When the municipality has decided not to establish a municipal disaster management council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (except for the case where a joint municipal disaster management council has been established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)), the municipality must promptly report to the prefectural governor to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による報告を受けたときは、都道府県防災会議の意見を聴くものとし、必要があると認めるときは、当該市町村に対し、必要な助言又は勧告をすることができる。 art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-5 When the prefectural governor has received a report under the preceding paragraph, that governor is to consult the prefectural disaster management council, and when found necessary, that governor may provide necessary advice or recommendations to the municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 市町村防災会議の組織及び所掌事務は、都道府県防災会議の組織及び所掌事務の例に準じて、当該市町村の条例（第二項の規定により設置された市町村防災会議にあつては、規約）で定める。 art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-6 The organization and the function under the jurisdiction of a municipal disaster management council are prescribed by an ordinance of the municipality (a constitution in the case of a municipal disaster management council established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)) following the case of the organization of the prefectural disaster management council and the function under its jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-4: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-3 - art-16/par-4: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-5: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-4 - art-16/par-6: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第十六条第二項（市町村防災会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第十六条第三項（市町村防災会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第十六条第四項（市町村防災会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-4 - 災害対策基本法 第十六条第五項（市町村防災会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第十六条第六項（市町村防災会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 附則第三十一条第一項（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 附則第十一条第一項（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/suppl-4231-105/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4231-105/art-11/par-1 --- ## 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