# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2. 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: 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2) — address `art-42-2` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十二条の二 art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2 **第一項** 地区居住者等は、共同して、市町村防災会議に対し、市町村地域防災計画に地区防災計画を定めることを提案することができる。この場合においては、当該提案に係る地区防災計画の素案を添えなければならない。 art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-1 District residents, etc. may jointly make a proposal to the municipal disaster management council to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan. In this case, the draft plan of the district disaster management plan concerning that proposal must be attached. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による提案（以下この条において「計画提案」という。）は、当該計画提案に係る地区防災計画の素案の内容が、市町村地域防災計画に抵触するものでない場合に、防災庁令で定めるところにより行うものとする。 art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-2 The proposal under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "plan proposal" in this Article) is to be made as provided for by Disaster Management Agency Order, provided the content of the draft plan of the district disaster management plan concerning that plan proposal does not conflict with the municipal area disaster management plan. machine translation, not official **第三項** 市町村防災会議は、計画提案が行われたときは、遅滞なく、当該計画提案を踏まえて市町村地域防災計画に地区防災計画を定める必要があるかどうかを判断し、その必要があると認めるときは、市町村地域防災計画に地区防災計画を定めなければならない。 art-42-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-3 When a plan proposal is made, the municipal disaster management council must judge without delay whether it is necessary to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan based on the relevant plan proposal, and when found necessary, that council must add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村防災会議は、前項の規定により同項の判断をした結果、計画提案を踏まえて市町村地域防災計画に地区防災計画を定める必要がないと決定したときは、遅滞なく、その旨及びその理由を、当該計画提案をした地区居住者等に通知しなければならない。 art-42-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-4 When the municipal disaster management council, as a result of judgment of the preceding paragraph pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, decides that it is not necessary to add the district disaster management plan to the municipal area disaster management plan based on the relevant plan proposal, that council must notify without delay district residents, etc. who made the relevant plan proposal to that effect and the reason therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 市町村地域防災計画に地区防災計画が定められた場合においては、当該地区防災計画に係る地区居住者等は、当該地区防災計画に従い、防災活動を実施するように努めなければならない。 art-42-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-5 In cases where the district disaster management plan has been added to the municipal area disaster management plan, district residents, etc. related to the relevant district disaster management plan must endeavor to implement disaster management activities in accordance with the relevant district disaster management plan. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In cases where the district disaster management plan is to be added to the municipal area disaster management plan, district residents, etc. related to the relevant district disaster management plan must endeavor to implement disaster management activities in accordance with the relevant district disaster management plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## Cites - art-42-2/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条の二第一項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1)), art-42-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-1 - art-42-2/par-2: この条 → 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-42-2/par-4: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条の二第三項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (3)), art-42-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四十二条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十二条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42-2/par-4 --- ## 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 42-2, paragraph (5) — 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