# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第二十八条の八 (Article 28-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8. 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: 第二十八条の八 (Article 28-8)（特定災害復旧復興本部の組織） — address `art-28-8` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条の八（特定災害復旧復興本部の組織） — Organization of the Specified Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Headquarters caption: machine translation, not official art-28-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8 **第一項** 特定災害復旧復興本部の長は、特定災害復旧復興本部長とし、防災大臣その他の国務大臣をもつて充てる。 art-28-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-1 The head of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters is the chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters, who is appointed from among the Minister for Disaster Management and other Ministers of State. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定災害復旧復興本部長は、特定災害復旧復興本部の事務を総括し、所部の職員を指揮監督する。 art-28-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-2 The chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters directs the affairs of the headquarters and supervises its officials. machine translation, not official **第三項** 特定災害復旧復興本部に、特定災害復旧復興副本部長、特定災害復旧復興本部員その他の職員を置く。 art-28-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-3 An assistant chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official **第四項** 特定災害復旧復興副本部長は、特定災害復旧復興本部長を助け、特定災害復旧復興本部長に事故があるときは、その職務を代理する。特定災害復旧復興副本部長が二人以上置かれている場合にあつては、あらかじめ特定災害復旧復興本部長が定めた順序で、その職務を代理する。 art-28-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-4 The assistant chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters supports the chairperson of the headquarters, and in case the chairperson of the headquarters is incapacitated, the assistant chairperson performs duties on behalf of the chairperson. If there are two or more assistant chairpersons of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters, they perform their duties according to the order decided by the chairperson of the headquarters in advance. machine translation, not official **第五項** 特定災害復旧復興副本部長、特定災害復旧復興本部員その他の職員は、内閣官房若しくは防災庁その他の指定行政機関の職員又は指定地方行政機関の長若しくはその職員のうちから、内閣総理大臣が任命する。 art-28-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-5 The assistant chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters are appointed by the Prime Minister from among officials of the Cabinet Secretariat, the Disaster Management Agency or other designated administrative organs, or heads or officials of designated local administrative organs. machine translation, not official **第六項** 特定災害復旧復興本部に、当該特定災害復旧復興本部の所管区域にあつて当該特定災害復旧復興本部長の定めるところにより当該特定災害復旧復興本部の事務の一部を行う組織として、閣議にかけて、特定災害現地復旧復興本部を置くことができる。 art-28-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-6 After deliberation in a cabinet meeting, an on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters may be established within the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters as an organization to carry out part of the affairs of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters as designated by the chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters within the area of jurisdiction of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official **第七項** 第二十三条の四第六項後段、第七項及び第八項の規定は、特定災害現地復旧復興本部について準用する。 art-28-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-7 The provisions of the second sentence of Article 23-4, paragraph (6), and paragraphs (7) and (8) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official **第八項** 特定災害現地復旧復興本部に、特定災害現地復旧復興本部長及び特定災害現地復旧復興本部員その他の職員を置く。 art-28-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-8 A headquarters chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official **第九項** 特定災害現地復旧復興本部長は、特定災害復旧復興本部長の命を受け、特定災害現地復旧復興本部の事務を掌理する。 art-28-8/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-9 The chairperson of the on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters administers the affairs of the on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters under the orders of the chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official **第十項** 特定災害現地復旧復興本部長及び特定災害現地復旧復興本部員その他の職員は、特定災害復旧復興副本部長、特定災害復旧復興本部員その他の職員のうちから、特定災害復旧復興本部長が指名する者をもつて充てる。 art-28-8/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-10 The chairperson, members, and other officials of the on-site specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters are appointed by the chairperson of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters from among the assistant chairpersons, members, and other officials of the specified disaster recovery and reconstruction headquarters. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-28-8/par-7: 第二十三条の四第六項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の四第六項 (Article 23-4, paragraph (6)), art-23-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-6 - art-28-8/par-7: 第七項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の四第七項 (Article 23-4, paragraph (7)), art-23-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-7 - art-28-8/par-7: 第八項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の四第八項 (Article 23-4, paragraph (8)), art-23-4/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-8 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-002, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02