# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十九条の四 (Article 49-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4. 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: 第四十九条の四 (Article 49-4)（指定緊急避難場所の指定） — address `art-49-4` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4 - 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. --- ### 第四十九条の四（指定緊急避難場所の指定） — (Designation of Designated Emergency Evacuation Site) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4 **第一項** 市町村長は、防災施設の整備の状況、地形、地質その他の状況を総合的に勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合における円滑かつ迅速な避難のための立退きの確保を図るため、政令で定める基準に適合する施設又は場所を、洪水、津波その他の政令で定める異常な現象の種類ごとに、指定緊急避難場所として指定しなければならない。 art-49-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-1 When the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary, considering comprehensively the situations such as the condition of disaster management facilities, topography, geology, and other factors, the mayor must designate facilities or sites meeting the standards provided for by Cabinet Order as designated emergency evacuation sites for each extraordinary phenomenon of flood, tsunami, etc. provided for by Cabinet Order in order to ensure evacuation for smooth and prompt emergency evacuation when a disaster occurs or is likely to occur. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村長は、前項の規定により指定緊急避難場所を指定しようとするときは、当該指定緊急避難場所の管理者（当該市町村を除く。次条において同じ。）の同意を得なければならない。 art-49-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-2 When the mayor of a municipality intends to designate a designated emergency evacuation site pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor must obtain the approval of the administrators of the designated emergency evacuation site (excluding the municipality; the same applies to the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村長は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、その旨を、都道府県知事に通知するとともに、公示しなければならない。 art-49-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-3 When the mayor of a municipality has designated the site under paragraph (1), the mayor must notify the prefectural governor and make a public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-49-4/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の四第一項 (Article 49-4, paragraph (1)), art-49-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-1 - art-49-4/par-2: 次条 → 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の五 (Article 49-5), art-49-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-5 - art-49-4/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の四第一項 (Article 49-4, paragraph (1)), art-49-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の四第二項（指定緊急避難場所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の四第三項（指定緊急避難場所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-4/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の六第一項（指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の六第二項（指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の七第二項（指定避難所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-7/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の七第三項（指定避難所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-7/par-3 --- ## 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