# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5. 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: 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5)（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — address `art-61-5` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の五（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — (Consultation of Wide-area Evacuation Outside Prefecture) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 **第一項** 前条第一項に規定する場合において、市町村長は、要避難者を一定期間他の都道府県内の市町村の区域に滞在させる必要があると認めるときは、都道府県知事に対し、当該他の都道府県の知事と当該要避難者の受入れについて協議することを求めることができる。 art-61-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-1 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, when the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary to have people in need of evacuation stay in the area of a municipality of another prefecture for a certain period of time, the mayor may request the prefectural governor to consult with the governor of that other prefecture about accepting people in need of evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による要求があつたときは、都道府県知事は、要避難者の受入れについて、当該他の都道府県の知事に協議しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-2 When a request under the preceding paragraph is made, the prefectural governor must consult with the governor of that other prefecture about accepting people in need of evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a request under the preceding paragraph is made, the prefectural governor must, consult with the governor of that other prefecture about accepting people in need of evacuation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第三項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による協議をするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。ただし、あらかじめ報告することが困難なときは、協議の開始の後、遅滞なく、報告することをもつて足りる。 art-61-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-3 When the prefectural governor conducts consultation under the preceding paragraph, the governor must report to the Prime Minister to that effect in advance; provided, however, that if it is difficult to report it in advance, the governor may report it without delay after the beginning of consultation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の場合において、協議を受けた都道府県知事（以下この条において「協議先都道府県知事」という。）は、要避難者の受入れについて、関係市町村長と協議しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-4 In the case of paragraph (2), the prefectural governor who was consulted (hereinafter referred to as "consulted governor" in this Article) must consult with the mayor of the related municipality about accepting People in Need of Evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の場合において、協議を受けた市町村長（以下この条において「都道府県外協議先市町村長」という。）は、要避難者を受け入れないことについて正当な理由がある場合を除き、要避難者を受け入れるものとする。この場合において、都道府県外協議先市町村長は、第一項の規定による滞在（以下「都道府県外広域避難」という。）の用に供するため、受け入れた要避難者に対し指定緊急避難場所その他の避難場所を提供しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-5 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a municipality who was consulted (hereinafter referred to as "consulted mayor outside the prefecture" in this Article) is to accept people in need of evacuation except in the case of just cause for not accepting people in need of evacuation. In this case, the consulted mayor outside the prefecture must provide the accepted people in need of evacuation with a designated emergency evacuation site or other evacuation site in order to be used for their stay under paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "wide-area evacuation outside the prefecture"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の場合において、都道府県外協議先市町村長は、当該市町村の区域において要避難者を受け入れるべき避難場所を決定し、直ちに、その内容を当該避難場所を管理する者その他の防災庁令で定める者に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-6 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the consulted mayor outside the prefecture must decide which evacuation site is to accept people in need of evacuation in the area of the municipality and immediately notify the person who will manage the evacuation site and any other person designated by Disaster Management Agency Order of the details. machine translation, not official **第七項** 都道府県外協議先市町村長は、前項の規定による決定をしたときは、速やかに、その内容を協議先都道府県知事に報告しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-7 When the consulted mayor outside the prefecture has made a decision under the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly report the details to the consulted governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 協議先都道府県知事は、前項の規定による報告を受けたときは、速やかに、その内容を第二項の規定により協議した都道府県知事（以下この条において「協議元都道府県知事」という。）に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-8 When the consulted governor has received a report under the preceding paragraph, the consulted governor must promptly notify the governor who consulted with the consulted governor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "consulting governor" in this Article) of the details. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 協議元都道府県知事は、前項の規定による通知を受けたときは、速やかに、その内容を第一項の規定により協議することを求めた市町村長（以下この条において「協議元市町村長」という。）に通知するとともに、内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-9 When the consulting governor has received a notification under the preceding paragraph, the governor must promptly notify the mayor who requested the consultation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "consulting mayor" in this Article) and make a report to the Prime Minister of the details. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the consulting governor has received a notification under the preceding paragraph, the governor must promptly notify the mayor who requested the consulation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "consulting mayor" in this Article) and make a report to the Prime Minister of the details." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第十項** 協議元市町村長は、前項の規定による通知を受けたときは、速やかに、その内容を公示するとともに、防災庁令で定める者に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-10 When the consulting mayor has received a notification under the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly make a public notice and notify the person designated by Disaster Management Agency Order of the details. machine translation, not official **第十一項** 協議元市町村長は、都道府県外広域避難の必要がなくなつたと認めるときは、速やかに、その旨を協議元都道府県知事に報告し、及び公示するとともに、前項の防災庁令で定める者に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-11 When the consulting mayor finds it no longer necessary to implement wide-area evacuation outside the prefecture, the mayor must promptly report to the consulting governor, make a public notice, and notify the person designated by Disaster Management Agency Order referred to in the preceding paragraph to that effect. machine translation, not official **第十二項** 協議元都道府県知事は、前項の規定による報告を受けたときは、速やかに、その旨を協議先都道府県知事に通知するとともに、内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-12 When the consulting governor has received a report under the preceding paragraph, the governor must promptly notify the consulted governor and report to the Prime Minister to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十三項** 協議先都道府県知事は、前項の規定による通知を受けたときは、速やかに、その旨を都道府県外協議先市町村長に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-13 When the consulted governor has received a notification under the preceding paragraph, the governor must promptly notify the consulted mayor outside the prefecture to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十四項** 都道府県外協議先市町村長は、前項の規定による通知を受けたときは、速やかに、その旨を第六項の防災庁令で定める者に通知しなければならない。 art-61-5/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-14 When the consulted mayor outside the prefecture has received a notification under the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly notify the person designated by Disaster Management Agency Order referred to in paragraph (6) to that effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-61-5/par-1: 前条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の四第一項 (Article 61-4, paragraph (1)), art-61-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-4/par-1 - art-61-5/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第一項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (1)), art-61-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-1 - art-61-5/par-3: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第二項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (2)), art-61-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-2 - art-61-5/par-4: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第二項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (2)), art-61-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-2 - art-61-5/par-4: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5), art-61-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 - art-61-5/par-5: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第四項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (4)), art-61-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-4 - art-61-5/par-5: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5), art-61-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 - art-61-5/par-5: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第一項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (1)), art-61-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-1 - art-61-5/par-6: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第五項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (5)), art-61-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-5 - art-61-5/par-7: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第六項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (6)), art-61-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-6 - art-61-5/par-8: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第七項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (7)), art-61-5/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-7 - art-61-5/par-8: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第二項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (2)), art-61-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-2 - art-61-5/par-8: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5), art-61-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 - art-61-5/par-9: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第八項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (8)), art-61-5/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-8 - art-61-5/par-9: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第一項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (1)), art-61-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-1 - art-61-5/par-9: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5), art-61-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5 - art-61-5/par-10: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第九項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (9)), art-61-5/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-9 - art-61-5/par-11: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (10)), art-61-5/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-10 - art-61-5/par-12: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十一項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (11)), art-61-5/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-11 - art-61-5/par-13: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十二項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (12)), art-61-5/par-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-12 - art-61-5/par-14: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十三項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (13)), art-61-5/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-13 - art-61-5/par-14: 第六項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第六項 (Article 61-5, paragraph (6)), art-61-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-6 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第二項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第三項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第四項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-4 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第五項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第六項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第七項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第八項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-8 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第九項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-9 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-10 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十一項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-11 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十二項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-12 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十三項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-13 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の五第十四項（都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-5/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-5/par-14 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の六第一項（市町村長による都道府県外広域避難の協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-6/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の七第二項（都道府県知事及び内閣総理大臣による助言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-7/par-2 --- ## 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 61-5, 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 (災害対策基本法), Article 61-5, paragraph (9) — 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-007, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02