# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第五十三条 (Article 53) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53. 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（被害状況等の報告） — address `art-53` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a disaster has occurred in the area of the municipality, as provided for by Cabinet Order, the municipality must promptly report to the prefectural governor (or to the Prime Minister when it is not possible to report to the prefectural governor) on conditions of the disaster and provide an outline of the measures taken." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第二項** 都道府県は、当該都道府県の区域内に災害が発生したときは、政令で定めるところにより、速やかに、当該災害の状況及びこれに対して執られた措置の概要を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-2 When a disaster has occurred in the area of the prefecture, as provided for by Cabinet Order, the prefecture must promptly report to the Prime Minister on conditions of the disaster and provide an outline of the measures taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指定公共機関の代表者は、その業務に係る災害が発生したときは、政令で定めるところにより、すみやかに、当該災害の状況及びこれに対してとられた措置の概要を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-3 When a disaster involving the operations of a designated public corporation has occurred, as provided for by Cabinet Order, its representative must report promptly to the Prime Minister on conditions of the disaster and provide an outline of the measures taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 指定行政機関の長は、その所掌事務に係る災害が発生したときは、政令で定めるところにより、すみやかに、当該災害の状況及びこれに対してとられた措置の概要を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-4 When a disaster involving the function under the jurisdiction of a designated administrative organ has occurred, as provided for by Cabinet Order, its head must report promptly to the Prime Minister on conditions of the disaster and provide an outline of the measures taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項から前項までの規定による報告に係る災害が非常災害又は特定災害であると認められるときは、市町村、都道府県、指定公共機関の代表者又は指定行政機関の長は、当該災害の規模の把握のため必要な情報の収集に特に意を用いなければならない。 art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-5 When a disaster concerning the report under provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4) is found to be an extraordinary disaster or specified disaster, the municipality, the prefecture, representative of the designated public corporation, or the head of the designated administrative organ must make efforts to gather information needed to gauge the scale of the disaster. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 市町村の区域内に災害が発生した場合において、当該災害の発生により当該市町村が第一項の規定による報告を行うことができなくなつたときは、都道府県は、当該災害に関する情報の収集に特に意を用いなければならない。 art-53/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-6 In cases where a disaster has occurred within the area of a municipality, when the municipality is unable to make a report under paragraph (1) due to the occurrence of the disaster, the prefecture must make efforts to gather information on the disaster. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 都道府県の区域内に災害が発生した場合において、当該災害の発生により当該都道府県が第二項の規定による報告を行うことができなくなつたときは、指定行政機関の長は、その所掌事務に係る災害に関する情報の収集に特に意を用いなければならない。 art-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-7 In cases where a disaster has occurred within the area of a prefecture, when the prefecture is unable to make a report under paragraph (2) due to the occurrence of the disaster, the head of the designated administrative organ must make efforts to gather information on the disaster involving the function under the jurisdiction of the head. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 内閣総理大臣は、第一項から第四項までの規定による報告を受けたときは、当該報告に係る事項を中央防災会議に通報するものとする。 art-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-8 When the Prime Minister has received reports under provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4), the Prime Minister is to notify the National Disaster Management Council of the matters concerning the report. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-53/par-5: 第一項から前項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-5: 第一項から前項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-2 - art-53/par-5: 第一項から前項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第三項 (Article 53, paragraph (3)), art-53/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-3 - art-53/par-5: 第一項から前項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第四項 (Article 53, paragraph (4)), art-53/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-4 - art-53/par-6: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-7: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-2 - art-53/par-8: 第一項から第四項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-8: 第一項から第四項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-2 - art-53/par-8: 第一項から第四項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第三項 (Article 53, paragraph (3)), art-53/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-3 - art-53/par-8: 第一項から第四項まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第四項 (Article 53, paragraph (4)), art-53/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第五項（被害状況等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第六項（被害状況等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第七項（被害状況等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第五十三条第八項（被害状況等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-53/par-8 --- ## 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 53, paragraph (1) — 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