# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第十八条から第十九条まで (Articles 18 to 19)

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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: 第十八条から第十九条まで (Articles 18 to 19) — address `art-18-to-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-18-to-19
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-18-to-19
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第十八条から第十九条まで  〔削除 / repealed〕
<sup>art-18-to-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-18-to-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-18-to-19</sup>

  **第一項**  削除
  <sup>art-18-to-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-18-to-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-18-to-19/par-1</sup>
  <sup>no English for this paragraph</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 222 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02