# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第五条 (Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Article 5)（市町村の責務） — address `art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（市町村の責務） — (Responsibilities of a Municipality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5 **第一項** 市町村は、基本理念にのつとり、基礎的な地方公共団体として、当該市町村の地域並びに当該市町村の住民の生命、身体及び財産を災害から保護するため、関係機関及び他の地方公共団体の協力を得て、当該市町村の地域に係る防災に関する計画を作成し、及び法令に基づきこれを実施する責務を有する。 art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-1 Based on the basic principles and in the interest of protecting the area of a municipality, and the lives, bodies, and properties of its residents from disaster, as a local government at the base level, the municipality has the responsibility to formulate a disaster management plan concerning the area of the relevant municipality with the cooperation of related organs and other local governments, and implement the plan on the basis of laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村長は、前項の責務を遂行するため、消防機関、水防団その他の組織の整備並びに当該市町村の区域内の公共的団体その他の防災に関する組織及び自主防災組織の充実を図るほか、住民の自発的な防災活動の促進を図り、市町村の有する全ての機能を十分に発揮するように努めなければならない。 art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-2 In order to fulfill responsibilities under the preceding paragraph, the mayor of the municipality must endeavor to sufficiently employ all capabilities of the municipality, by keeping the organization of fire-fighting organs, flood prevention units, etc., in good condition, by enhancing organizations related to disaster management, voluntary disaster management organizations, and other public groups within the area of the municipality, and by promoting voluntary disaster management activities among the residents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 消防機関、水防団その他市町村の機関は、その所掌事務を遂行するにあたつては、第一項に規定する市町村の責務が十分に果たされることとなるように、相互に協力しなければならない。 art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-3 In performing the functions under their jurisdiction, fire-fighting organs, flood prevention units, and other organs of the municipality must mutually cooperate in order that the responsibilities of the municipality prescribed in paragraph (1) can be fulfilled. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-5/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-1 - art-5/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第五条第二項（市町村の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第五条第三項（市町村の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第五条の二第一項（地方公共団体相互の協力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-5-2/par-1 --- ## 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