# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十九条の六 (Article 49-6)

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- 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: 第四十九条の六 (Article 49-6)（指定の取消し） — address `art-49-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
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### 第四十九条の六（指定の取消し） — (Revocation of Designation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-49-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村長は、当該指定緊急避難場所が廃止され、又は第四十九条の四第一項の政令で定める基準に適合しなくなつたと認めるときは、同項の規定による指定を取り消すものとする。
  <sup>art-49-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6/par-1</sup>
  When the mayor of a municipality finds that the relevant designated emergency evacuation site is abolished or does not meet the standards provided for by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 49-4, paragraph (1), that mayor is to revoke the designation under the same paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  市町村長は、前項の規定により第四十九条の四第一項の規定による指定を取り消したときは、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。
  <sup>art-49-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6/par-2</sup>
  When the mayor of a municipality has revoked the designation under Article 49-4, paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor must notify the prefectural governor and make a public notice to that effect.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the mayor of a municipality has revoked the site under Article 49-4, paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor must notify the prefectural governor and make a public notice to that effect." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-49-6/par-1: 第四十九条の四第一項 → 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
- art-49-6/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十九条の六第一項 (Article 49-6, paragraph (1)), art-49-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-49-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-49-6/par-1
- art-49-6/par-2: 第四十九条の四第一項 → 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

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## 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 49-6, 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
