# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十六条 (Article 76) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76. 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（災害時における交通の規制等） — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76 - 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. --- ### 第七十六条（災害時における交通の規制等） — (Traffic Restrictions in Time of a Disaster) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76 **第一項** 都道府県公安委員会は、当該都道府県又はこれに隣接し若しくは近接する都道府県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、災害応急対策が的確かつ円滑に行われるように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、道路の区間（災害が発生し、又はまさに発生しようとしている場所及びこれらの周辺の地域にあつては、区域又は道路の区間）を指定して、緊急通行車両（道路交通法（昭和三十五年法律第百五号）第三十九条第一項の緊急自動車その他の車両で災害応急対策の的確かつ円滑な実施のためその通行を確保することが特に必要なものとして政令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）以外の車両の道路における通行を禁止し、又は制限することができる。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture or adjoining or nearby prefectures has occurred or is imminent, when the prefectural public safety commission finds it urgently necessary for accurate and smooth emergency disaster control measures, as provided for by Cabinet Order, it may designate sections of road (zones or sections of roads in the locale where the disaster has occurred or is imminent, and in nearby areas) and ban or restrict vehicular traffic in those sections, excluding emergency vehicles (referring to "emergency motor vehicles" as set forth in Article 39, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 105 of 1960) or other vehicles for which there is a particular need to ensure passage in order for accurate and smooth implementation of emergency disaster control measures and which are provided for by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による通行の禁止又は制限（以下「通行禁止等」という。）が行われたときは、当該通行禁止等を行つた都道府県公安委員会及び当該都道府県公安委員会と管轄区域が隣接し又は近接する都道府県公安委員会は、直ちに、それぞれの都道府県の区域内に在る者に対し、通行禁止等に係る区域又は道路の区間（次条第四項及び第七十六条の三第一項において「通行禁止区域等」という。）その他必要な事項を周知させる措置をとらなければならない。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76/par-2 When the ban or restriction of vehicular traffic under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "traffic ban, etc.") has been issued, the prefectural public safety commission issuing the traffic ban, etc. and prefectural public safety commissions with jurisdictions adjoining or nearby the relevant prefectural public safety commission that issued the traffic ban, etc. must immediately take measures to inform persons within the area of their prefectures of the zones or sections of roads related to the traffic ban, etc. (referred to as "traffic ban zone, etc." in paragraph (4) of the following Article and in Article 76-3, paragraph (1)) and any other necessary matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76/par-1: 道路交通法（昭和三十五年法律第百五号）第三十九条第一項 → 道路交通法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-39/par-1 - art-76/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76/par-1 - art-76/par-2: 次条第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十六条の二第四項 (Article 76-2, paragraph (4)), art-76-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76-2/par-4 - art-76/par-2: 第七十六条の三第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十六条の三第一項 (Article 76-3, paragraph (1)), art-76-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76-3/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十六条第二項（災害時における交通の規制等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第七十六条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76-2/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第七十六条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-76-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-76-3/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第百十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-114/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百十四条の五第二項（自衛隊の防衛出動時における交通の規制等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-114-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-5/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