# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条の七 (Article 61-7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7. 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: 第六十一条の七 (Article 61-7)（都道府県知事及び内閣総理大臣による助言） — address `art-61-7` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-7 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の七（都道府県知事及び内閣総理大臣による助言） — (Advice by Prefectural Governor and Prime Minister) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-7 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、市町村長から求められたときは、第六十一条の四第一項の規定による協議の相手方その他広域避難に関する事項について助言をしなければならない。 art-61-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-7/par-1 When asked by the mayor of a municipality, the prefectural governor must give advice about the other party to the consultation under Article 61-4, paragraph (1) and other matters concerning wide-area evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、都道府県知事から求められたときは、第六十一条の五第二項の規定による協議の相手方その他都道府県外広域避難に関する事項又は広域避難に関する事項について助言をしなければならない。 art-61-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-7/par-2 When asked by the prefectural governor, the Prime Minister must give advice about the other party to the consultation under Article 61-5, paragraph (2) and other matters concerning wide-area evacuation outside the prefecture or matters concerning wide-area evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-7/par-1: 第六十一条の四第一項 → 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-61-7/par-2: 第六十一条の五第二項 → 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 --- ## 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