# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十五条 (Article 45) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-45. 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: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（地域防災計画の実施の推進のための要請等） — address `art-45` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-45 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条（地域防災計画の実施の推進のための要請等） — (Request in Implementing Area Disaster Management Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-45 **第一項** 地方防災会議の会長又は地方防災会議の協議会の代表者は、地域防災計画の的確かつ円滑な実施を推進するため必要があると認めるときは、都道府県防災会議又はその協議会にあつては当該都道府県の区域の全部又は一部を管轄する指定地方行政機関の長、当該都道府県及びその区域内の市町村の長その他の執行機関、指定地方公共機関、公共的団体並びに防災上重要な施設の管理者その他の関係者に対し、市町村防災会議又はその協議会にあつては当該市町村の長その他の執行機関及び当該市町村の区域内の公共的団体並びに防災上重要な施設の管理者その他の関係者に対し、これらの者が当該防災計画に基づき処理すべき事務又は業務について、それぞれ、必要な要請、勧告又は指示をすることができる。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-45/par-1 When the chairperson of a local disaster management council or the representative of a joint committee of local disaster management councils finds it necessary for the accurate and smooth implementation of an area disaster management plan, that chairperson or representative may make necessary requests or recommendations or provide instructions to the parties listed below with respect to any affairs or operations that they must handle in accordance with the disaster management plan: in the case of the prefectural disaster management council or a joint committee of prefectural disaster management councils, the head of a designated local administrative organ having jurisdiction over the area of that prefecture, in whole or in part, the governor or any other executive agency of the prefecture, the mayors or any other executive agencies of municipalities in that prefecture, designated local public corporations, any public organization, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties concerned within the area; in the case of a municipal disaster management council or a joint committee of municipal disaster management councils, the mayor and any other executive agency of the municipality, any public organizations within the area of the municipality, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地方防災会議の会長又は地方防災会議の協議会の代表者は、都道府県防災会議又はその協議会にあつては当該都道府県の区域の全部又は一部を管轄する指定地方行政機関の長、当該都道府県及びその区域内の市町村の長その他の執行機関、指定地方公共機関、公共的団体並びに防災上重要な施設の管理者その他の関係者に対し、市町村防災会議又はその協議会にあつては当該市町村の長その他の執行機関及び当該市町村の区域内の公共的団体並びに防災上重要な施設の管理者その他の関係者に対し、それぞれ、地域防災計画の実施状況について、報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-45/par-2 The chairperson of a local disaster management council or the representative of a joint committee of local disaster management councils may ask the parties listed below for a report or data on the implementation status of an area disaster management plan: in the case of the prefectural disaster management council or a joint committee of prefectural disaster management councils, the head of a designated local administrative organ having jurisdiction over the area of that prefecture in whole or in part, the prefecture, the mayors or any other executive agencies of municipalities in that prefecture, designated local public corporations, any public organization, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties concerned within the area; in the case of a municipal disaster management council or a joint committee of municipal disaster management councils, the mayor or any other executive agency of the municipality, any public organization within the area of the municipality, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, or other parties concerned. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The chairperson of a local disaster management councils or the representative of a joint committee of local disaster management councils may ask the parties listed below for a report or data on the implementation status of an area disaster management plan: in the case of the prefectural disaster management council or a joint committee of prefectural disaster management councils, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the prefecture, the mayors or any other executive agencies of municipalities in that prefecture, designated local public corporations, any public organization, having jurisdiction over the area of that prefecture in whole or in part, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties concerned within the area; in the case of a municipal disaster management council or a joint committee of municipal disaster management councils, the mayor or any other executive agency of the municipality, any public organization within the area of the municipality, and administrators of facilities important for disaster management, or other parties concerned." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## 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 45, paragraph (2) — 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 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02