# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条の八 (Article 61-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8. 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: 第六十一条の八 (Article 61-8)（居住者等の運送） — address `art-61-8` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の八（居住者等の運送） — (Transportation of Residents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、都道府県の地域に係る災害が発生するおそれがある場合であつて、居住者等の生命又は身体を当該災害から保護するため緊急の必要があると認めるときは、運送事業者である指定公共機関又は指定地方公共機関に対し、運送すべき人並びに運送すべき場所及び期日を示して、居住者等の運送を要請することができる。 art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture is likely to occur, when the prefectural governor finds it urgently necessary for protecting the lives or bodies of residents, etc. from the disaster, the prefectural governor may request the designated public corporations or the designated local public corporations that are transportation business operators to transport Residents, etc., by specifying the people to be transported, and the place and period for transportation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定公共機関又は指定地方公共機関が正当な理由がないのに前項の規定による要請に応じないときは、都道府県知事は、居住者等の生命又は身体を災害から保護するため特に必要があると認めるときに限り、当該指定公共機関又は指定地方公共機関に対し、居住者等の運送を行うべきことを指示することができる。この場合においては、運送すべき人並びに運送すべき場所及び期日を書面で示さなければならない。 art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8/par-2 When the designated public corporations or the designated local public corporations do not meet the request under the preceding paragraph without any just cause, the prefectural governor may instruct the designated public corporations or designated local public corporations to transport residents, etc. only when found particularly necessary for protecting the lives or bodies of residents, etc. from the disaster. In this case, the people to be transported and the place and period for transportation must be specified in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-8/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の八第一項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (1)), art-61-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第六十一条の八第二項（居住者等の運送） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-8/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