# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十二条 (Article 42) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42. 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（市町村地域防災計画） — address `art-42` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42 - 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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In this case, the relevant municipal area disaster management plan must not conflict with the disaster management operation plan or the prefectural area disaster management plan of the prefecture including the relevant municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村地域防災計画は、おおむね次に掲げる事項について定めるものとする。 art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2 A municipal area disaster management plan is to provide for the following matters in general: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該市町村の地域に係る防災に関し、当該市町村及び当該市町村の区域内の公共的団体その他防災上重要な施設の管理者（第四項において「当該市町村等」という。）の処理すべき事務又は業務の大綱 art-42/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-1 general outline of affairs or operations relating to disaster management concerning an area of the relevant municipality to be handled by the relevant municipality and public organizations or the administrators of facilities important for disaster management within the area of the relevant municipality (referred to as "the relevant municipality, etc." in paragraph (4)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該市町村の地域に係る防災施設の新設又は改良、防災のための調査研究、教育及び訓練その他の災害予防、情報の収集及び伝達、災害に関する予報又は警報の発令及び伝達、避難、消火、水防、救難、救助、衛生その他の災害応急対策並びに復旧復興に関する事項別の計画 art-42/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-2 plans by category of operations concerning an area of the relevant municipality: creation or improvement of disaster management facilities, investigation and research for disaster management, education, drills, and other disaster prevention, gathering and transmission of information, issuance and transmission of forecasts and alarms related to disaster, evacuation, fire-fighting, flood prevention, rescue, aid, sanitation, and other emergency disaster control measures, and recovery and reconstruction. machine translation, not official **三** 当該市町村の地域に係る災害に関する前号に掲げる措置に要する労務、施設、設備、物資、資金等の整備、備蓄、調達、配分、輸送、通信等に関する計画 art-42/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-3 plans for development, stockpiling, procurement, distribution, transportation, and communication with reference to labor, facilities, equipment, goods, funds, etc., required for measures relating to disaster involving an area of the relevant municipality, as set forth in the preceding item. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "plans for coordination, stockpiling, procurement, distribution, transportation, and communication with reference to labor, facilities, equipment, goods, funds, etc., required for measures relating to disaster involving an area of the relevant municipality, as set forth in the preceding item." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第三項** 市町村地域防災計画は、前項各号に掲げるもののほか、市町村内の一定の地区内の居住者及び当該地区に事業所を有する事業者（以下この項及び次条において「地区居住者等」という。）が共同して行う防災訓練、地区居住者等による防災活動に必要な物資及び資材の備蓄、災害が発生した場合における地区居住者等の相互の支援その他の当該地区における防災活動に関する計画（同条において「地区防災計画」という。）並びに災害応急対策又は復旧復興を円滑に実施するために必要となる公共的団体又は民間の団体との連携に関する基本的な方針について定めることができる。 art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-3 A municipal area disaster management plan may, in addition to what is set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph, provide for plans for disaster reduction drills jointly conducted by residents of a certain district within the municipality and business operators that have business places in that district (hereinafter referred to as "district residents, etc." in this paragraph and the following Article), storage of goods and materials necessary for disaster management activities by district residents, etc., mutual support among district residents, etc. in the event of a disaster, and other disaster management activities in that district (referred to as "district disaster management plan" in the following Article), and for the basic direction of cooperation with public organizations or private groups that is necessary for the smooth implementation of emergency disaster control measures or recovery and reconstruction. machine translation, not official **第四項** 市町村防災会議は、市町村地域防災計画を定めるに当たつては、災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合において当該市町村等が円滑に他の者の応援を受け、又は他の者を応援することができるよう配慮するものとする。 art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-4 In deciding the municipal area disaster management plan, the municipal disaster management council is to take necessary considerations to enable the municipality, etc. to receive support from others smoothly or support others when a disaster has occurred or is likely to occur. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 市町村防災会議は、第一項の規定により市町村地域防災計画を作成し、又は修正したときは、速やかにこれを都道府県知事に報告するとともに、その要旨を公表しなければならない。 art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-5 When the municipal disaster management council has formulated or revised a municipal area disaster management plan pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the council must promptly report it to the prefectural governor and release to the public an outline of that plan or revision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により市町村地域防災計画について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、当該市町村防災会議に対し、必要な助言又は勧告をすることができる。 art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-6 When the prefectural governor has received a report on the municipal area disaster management plan pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, that governor is to consult the prefectural disaster management council and may provide necessary advice or recommendations to that municipal disaster management council when found necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第二十一条の規定は、市町村長が第一項の規定により市町村地域防災計画を作成し、又は修正する場合について準用する。 art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-7 The provisions of Article 21 apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation or revision of a municipal area disaster management plan by the mayor of a municipality, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-42/par-1: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42 - art-42/par-2/item-1: 第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-4 - art-42/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第二項第二号 (Article 42, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-42/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-2 - art-42/par-3: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2 - art-42/par-3: この項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第三項 (Article 42, paragraph (3)), art-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-3 - art-42/par-3: 次条 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2), art-42-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2 - art-42/par-5: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-1 - art-42/par-6: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第五項 (Article 42, paragraph (5)), art-42/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-5 - art-42/par-7: 第二十一条 → 災害対策基本法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-21 - art-42/par-7: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第一項（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第二項第一号（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-1 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第二項第三号（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-2/item-3 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第三項（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第五項（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第六項（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第七項（市町村地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第四十四条第二項（市町村相互間地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十四条第三項（市町村相互間地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 附則第三十一条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 附則第十一条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4231-105/art-11/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (災害対策基本法), Article 42, paragraph (2), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), 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-20261103T010525-006, 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