# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-3. 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: 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3)（避難の指示のための通信設備の優先利用等） — address `art-61-3` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-3 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十一条の三（避難の指示のための通信設備の優先利用等） — (Priority Use of Communication Facilities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-3 **第一項** 第五十七条の規定は、市町村長が第六十条第一項の規定により避難のための立退きを指示し、又は同条第三項の規定により緊急安全確保措置を指示する場合（同条第六項の規定により都道府県知事が市町村長の事務を代行する場合を含む。）について準用する。 art-61-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-3/par-1 The provisions of Article 57 apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the mayor of a municipality gives instructions regarding evacuation for taking refuge pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), or gives instructions regarding urgent measures to ensure safety pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (3) (including the case where the prefectural governor conducts affairs on behalf of the mayor of a municipality pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (6)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-3/par-1: 第五十七条 → 災害対策基本法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-57 - art-61-3/par-1: 第六十条第一項 → 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-61-3/par-1: 同条第三項 → 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-61-3/par-1: 同条第六項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第六項 (Article 60, paragraph (6)), art-60/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-6 --- ## 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