# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17. 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（地方防災会議の協議会） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（地方防災会議の協議会） — (Joint Committee of Local Disaster Management Councils) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17 **第一項** 都道府県相互の間又は市町村相互の間において、当該都道府県又は市町村の区域の全部又は一部にわたり都道府県相互間地域防災計画又は市町村相互間地域防災計画を作成することが必要かつ効果的であると認めるときは、当該都道府県又は市町村は、協議により規約を定め、都道府県防災会議の協議会又は市町村防災会議の協議会を設置することができる。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17/par-1 When it is found necessary and effective among prefectures or among municipalities to formulate a multi-prefectural or multi-municipality area disaster management plan for the area of the prefectures or municipalities, in whole or in part, the relevant prefectures or municipalities may set forth a constitution after deliberations and establish a joint committee of prefectural or municipal disaster management councils. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により協議会を設置したときは、都道府県防災会議の協議会にあつては内閣総理大臣に、市町村防災会議の協議会にあつては都道府県知事にそれぞれ届け出なければならない。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17/par-2 When a joint committee has been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must be notified in the case of a joint committee of prefectural disaster management councils, and the prefectural governor must be notified in the case of a joint committee of municipal disaster management councils. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第十七条第二項（地方防災会議の協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-17/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第二十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-20/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