# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十四条 (Article 44) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44. 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（市町村相互間地域防災計画） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（市町村相互間地域防災計画） — (Multi-municipality Area Disaster Management Plan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44 **第一項** 市町村防災会議の協議会は、防災基本計画に基づき、当該地域に係る市町村相互間地域防災計画を作成し、及び毎年市町村相互間地域防災計画に検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、これを修正しなければならない。この場合において、当該市町村相互間地域防災計画は、防災業務計画又は当該市町村を包括する都道府県の都道府県地域防災計画に抵触するものであつてはならない。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-1 The joint committee of municipal disaster management councils must formulate a multi-municipality area disaster management plan concerning that area, review it every year, and revise it when found necessary in accordance with the basic disaster management plan. In this case, the relevant multi-municipality 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** 市町村相互間地域防災計画は、第四十二条第二項各号に掲げる事項の全部又は一部について定めるものとする。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-2 A multi-municipality area disaster management plan is to provide for all or some of the matters set forth in each item of Article 42, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四十二条第四項から第六項までの規定は、市町村相互間地域防災計画について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「市町村防災会議」とあるのは、「市町村防災会議の協議会」と読み替えるものとする。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-3 The provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (4) through (6) inclusive apply mutatis mutandis to the multi-municipality area disaster management plan. In this case, the term "municipal disaster management council" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "joint committee of municipal disaster management councils". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-2: 第四十二条第二項 → 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-44/par-3: 第四十二条第四項から第六項まで → 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-44/par-3: 第四十二条第四項から第六項まで → 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-44/par-3: 第四十二条第四項から第六項まで → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第六項 (Article 42, paragraph (6)), art-42/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-6 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 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