# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条 (Article 61) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61. 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（警察官等の避難の指示） — address `art-61` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条（警察官等の避難の指示） — (Orders for Evacuation by Police Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61 **第一項** 前条第一項又は第三項の場合において、市町村長が同条第一項に規定する避難のための立退き若しくは緊急安全確保措置を指示することができないと認めるとき、又は市町村長から要求があつたときは、警察官又は海上保安官は、必要と認める地域の必要と認める居住者等に対し、避難のための立退き又は緊急安全確保措置を指示することができる。 art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-1 In the case referred to in the paragraph (1) or (3) of the preceding Article, when the mayor of a municipality finds it is unable to give instructions regarding evacuation for taking refuge or urgent measures to ensure safety prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article, or when there has been a request from the mayor, the police or coast guard officers may give instructions for evacuation for taking refuge or urgent measures to ensure safety to the residents, etc. for whom evacuation for taking refuge or these measures are found necessary in an area where evacuation for taking refuge or these measures are found necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第二項の規定は、警察官又は海上保安官が前項の規定により避難のための立退きを指示する場合について準用する。 art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-2 The provisions of the preceding Article, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the police or coast guard officers give instructions regarding the evacuation for taking refuge pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 警察官又は海上保安官は、第一項の規定により避難のための立退き又は緊急安全確保措置を指示したときは、直ちに、その旨を市町村長に通知しなければならない。 art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-3 When the police or coast guard officers have given instruction for evacuation for taking refuge or urgent measures to ensure safety pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), they must immediately notify the mayor of a municipality to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第四項及び第五項の規定は、前項の通知を受けた市町村長について準用する。 art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the mayor of a municipality who has received a notification prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61/par-1: 前条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-1 - art-61/par-1: 第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-3 - art-61/par-2: 前条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第二項 (Article 60, paragraph (2)), art-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-2 - art-61/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-4: 前条第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第四項 (Article 60, paragraph (4)), art-60/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-4 - art-61/par-4: 第五項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第五項 (Article 60, paragraph (5)), art-60/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-5 - art-61/par-4: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 地方税法 第三百四十九条の三の三第一項（被災住宅用地等に対する固定資産税の課税標準の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-349-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-349-3-3/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第二項（警察官等の避難の指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第三項（警察官等の避難の指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条第四項（警察官等の避難の指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61/par-4 --- ## 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