# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十四条 (Article 64) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64. 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（応急公用負担等） — address `art-64` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64 - 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. --- ### 第六十四条（応急公用負担等） — (Expropriation for Emergency Official Use) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64 **第一項** 市町村長は、当該市町村の地域に係る災害が発生し、又はまさに発生しようとしている場合において、応急措置を実施するため緊急の必要があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該市町村の区域内の他人の土地、建物その他の工作物を一時使用し、又は土石、竹木その他の物件を使用し、若しくは収用することができる。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred or is imminent, when the mayor of a municipality finds it urgently necessary for implementing emergency measures, the mayor may use temporarily the land, building, or any other structure belonging to other persons within the area of the municipality, use or expropriate stone, bamboo, and wood, or other objects, as provided for by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村長は、当該市町村の地域に係る災害が発生し、又はまさに発生しようとしている場合において、応急措置を実施するため緊急の必要があると認めるときは、現場の災害を受けた工作物又は物件で当該応急措置の実施の支障となるもの（以下この条において「工作物等」という。）の除去その他必要な措置をとることができる。この場合において、工作物等を除去したときは、市町村長は、当該工作物等を保管しなければならない。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred or is imminent, when the mayor of a municipality finds it urgently necessary for implementing emergency measures, the mayor may remove any structures or objects on the site affected by the disaster and which may hinder the execution of emergency measures (hereinafter referred to as "structures, etc." in this Article) or take other necessary measures. In this case, when the mayor removes structures, etc., the mayor must keep custody of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村長は、前項後段の規定により工作物等を保管したときは、当該工作物等の占有者、所有者その他当該工作物等について権原を有する者（以下この条において「占有者等」という。）に対し当該工作物等を返還するため、政令で定めるところにより、政令で定める事項を公示しなければならない。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-3 When the mayor of a municipality has kept structures, etc. into their custody, pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph, as provided for by Cabinet Order, the mayor must publicly notify the matters provided for by Cabinet Order in order to return the structures, etc., to the occupant, owner, or any persons having title to Structures, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "occupants, etc." in this Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村長は、第二項後段の規定により保管した工作物等が滅失し、若しくは破損するおそれがあるとき、又はその保管に不相当な費用若しくは手数を要するときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該工作物等を売却し、その売却した代金を保管することができる。 art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-4 When there is a risk of structures, etc., which have been kept in custody pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2), being destroyed, lost, or damaged, or when their custody would incur undue cost or effort, as provided for by Cabinet Order, the mayor of a municipality may sell the Structures, etc., and hold the sales proceeds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前三項に規定する工作物等の保管、売却、公示等に要した費用は、当該工作物等の返還を受けるべき占有者等の負担とし、その費用の徴収については、行政代執行法（昭和二十三年法律第四十三号）第五条及び第六条の規定を準用する。 art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-5 Costs of custody of structures, etc., their sale, public notices in connection with them, etc., prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, are charged against the Occupants, etc. to whom the relevant Structures, etc., are returned, and as regards the collection of the expenses, Articles 5 and 6 of the Act on Substitute Execution by Administration (Act No. 43 of 1948) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三項に規定する公示の日から起算して六月を経過してもなお第二項後段の規定により保管した工作物等（第四項の規定により売却した代金を含む。以下この項において同じ。）を返還することができないときは、当該工作物等の所有権は、当該市町村長の統轄する市町村に帰属する。 art-64/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-6 When the structures, etc., which have been kept in custody pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) (including sales proceeds under paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), cannot be returned after six months from the date of the public notice prescribed in paragraph (3), the ownership of the relevant structures, etc., is assigned to the municipality under the control of the mayor. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the structures, etc., which have been kept in custody pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) (including sales proceeds under paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), cannot be returned after six months from the date of the public notice prescribed in paragraph (3), the ownership of the relevant structures, etc., assigned to the municipality under the control of the mayor." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第七項** 前条第二項の規定は、第一項及び第二項前段の場合について準用する。 art-64/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-7 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases under paragraph (1) and the first sentence of paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 第一項及び第二項前段の規定は、市町村長その他第一項又は第二項前段に規定する市町村長の職権を行うことができる者がその場にいない場合に限り、災害派遣を命ぜられた部隊等の自衛官の職務の執行について準用する。この場合において、第一項又は第二項前段に規定する措置をとつたときは、当該災害派遣を命ぜられた部隊等の自衛官は、直ちに、その旨を市町村長に通知しなければならない。 art-64/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-8 Provided that neither the mayor of a municipality nor anyone able to exercise the authority of the mayor of a municipality prescribed in paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (2) above is present, the provisions of paragraph (1) and the first sentence of paragraph (2) above apply mutatis mutandis to the performance of the duties of SDF personnel of units under disaster relief operation. In this case, when SDF personnel of units under disaster relief operation have taken measures prescribed in the provisions of paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (2) above, they must immediately notify the mayor of a municipality to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 警察官、海上保安官又は災害派遣を命ぜられた部隊等の自衛官は、第七項において準用する前条第二項又は前項において準用する第二項前段の規定により工作物等を除去したときは、当該工作物等を当該工作物等が設置されていた場所を管轄する警察署長等又は防災庁令で定める自衛隊法第八条に規定する部隊等の長（以下この条において「自衛隊の部隊等の長」という。）に差し出さなければならない。この場合において、警察署長等又は自衛隊の部隊等の長は、当該工作物等を保管しなければならない。 art-64/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-9 When police officers, coast guard officers, or SDF personnel of units under disaster relief operation have removed structures, etc., pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) or the first sentence of paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, they must present the relevant structures, etc., to the chief of a police station and others having jurisdiction over the original location of the structures, etc., or to the head of the units, etc. prescribed in Article 8 of the Self-Defense Forces Act and provided for by Disaster Management Agency Order (hereinafter referred to as "SDF unit commanding officer" in this Article). In this case, the chief of a police station and others, or SDF unit commanding officer must keep the relevant structures, etc., in custody. machine translation, not official **第十項** 前項の規定により警察署長等又は自衛隊の部隊等の長が行う工作物等の保管については、第三項から第六項までの規定の例によるものとする。ただし、第三項の規定の例により公示した日から起算して六月を経過してもなお返還することができない工作物等の所有権は、警察署長が保管する工作物等にあつては当該警察署の属する都道府県に、政令で定める管区海上保安本部の事務所の長又は自衛隊の部隊等の長が保管する工作物等にあつては国に、それぞれ帰属するものとする。 art-64/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-10 The custody of structures, etc., by the chief of a police station and others, or SDF unit commanding officer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is governed by the provisions of paragraphs (3) through (6); provided, however, that the ownership of structures, etc., which cannot be returned after six months from the date of public notice governed by paragraph (3) are assigned to the prefecture to which the police station belongs if the relevant structures, etc., are under the custody of the chief of a police station, and to the State if they are under the custody of the head of the office of the regional coast guard headquarters provided for by Cabinet Order or the SDF unit commanding officer. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The custody of structures, etc., by the chief of a police station and others, or SDF unit commanding officer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is governed by the provisions of paragraphs (3) through (6); provided, however, that the ownership of structures, etc., which cannot be returned after six months from the date of public notice governed by paragraph (3) are assigned to the prefecture to which the police station belongs if the relevant structures, etc., are under the custody of the chief of a police station and others, and to the State if they are under the custody of the head of the office of the regional coast guard headquarters provided for by Cabinet Order or the SDF unit commanding officer." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## Cites - art-64/par-2: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64 - art-64/par-3: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-3: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64 - art-64/par-4: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-5: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-5: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-3 - art-64/par-5: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第四項 (Article 64, paragraph (4)), art-64/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-4 - art-64/par-5: 行政代執行法（昭和二十三年法律第四十三号）第五条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000043, 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — not held in this collection - art-64/par-5: 第六条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000043, 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — not held in this collection - art-64/par-6: 第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-3 - art-64/par-6: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-6: 第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第四項 (Article 64, paragraph (4)), art-64/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-4 - art-64/par-6: この項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第六項 (Article 64, paragraph (6)), art-64/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-6 - art-64/par-7: 前条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-63/par-2 - art-64/par-7: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-1 - art-64/par-7: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-8: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-1 - art-64/par-8: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-9: 第七項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第七項 (Article 64, paragraph (7)), art-64/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-7 - art-64/par-9: 前条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-63/par-2 - art-64/par-9: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第八項 (Article 64, paragraph (8)), art-64/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-8 - art-64/par-9: 第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-9: 自衛隊法第八条 → e-Gov law 329AC0000000165, 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — not held in this collection - art-64/par-9: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64 - art-64/par-10: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第九項 (Article 64, paragraph (9)), art-64/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-9 - art-64/par-10: 第三項から第六項まで → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-3 - art-64/par-10: 第三項から第六項まで → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第四項 (Article 64, paragraph (4)), art-64/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-4 - art-64/par-10: 第三項から第六項まで → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第五項 (Article 64, paragraph (5)), art-64/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-5 - art-64/par-10: 第三項から第六項まで → 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第六項 (Article 64, paragraph (6)), art-64/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-6 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第五十九条第二項（市町村長の事前措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-59/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第二項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第三項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第四項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-4 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第五項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第六項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第七項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第八項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-8 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第九項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-9 - 災害対策基本法 第六十四条第十項（応急公用負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-64/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-64/par-10 - 災害対策基本法 第七十三条第一項（都道府県知事による応急措置の代行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-73/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第七十八条の二第一項（指定行政機関の長等による応急措置の代行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78-2/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第八十二条第一項（損失補償等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-82/par-1 --- ## 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 64, paragraph (10) — 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 64, paragraph (6) — 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