# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十八条 (Article 78) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78. 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（指定行政機関の長等の収用等） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（指定行政機関の長等の収用等） — (Expropriation by the Head of a Designated Administrative Organ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78 **第一項** 災害が発生した場合において、第五十条第一項第四号から第九号までに掲げる事項について応急措置を実施するため特に必要があると認めるときは、指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、防災業務計画の定めるところにより、当該応急措置の実施に必要な物資の生産、集荷、販売、配給、保管若しくは輸送を業とする者に対し、その取り扱う物資の保管を命じ、又は当該応急措置の実施に必要な物資を収用することができる。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-1 In cases where a disaster has occurred, when the head of a designated administrative organ and the head of designated local administrative organ find it particularly necessary for implementing emergency measures pertaining to matters set forth in Article 50, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (ix), pursuant to the provisions of a disaster management operation plan, they may order the persons engaged in the business of production, collection, sales, distribution, storage, or transportation of the goods necessary for emergency measures to store goods that they deal with, or may expropriate the goods as are necessary for emergency measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、前項の規定により物資の保管を命じ、又は物資を収用するため必要があると認めるときは、その職員に物資を保管させる場所又は物資の所在する場所に立ち入り検査をさせることができる。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-2 When the head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organ find it necessary for ordering the storage of goods or expropriation of goods pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they may have their officials enter and inspect the place where the goods are stored or located. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、第一項の規定により物資を保管させた者から、必要な報告を取り、又はその職員に当該物資を保管させてある場所に立ち入り検査をさせることができる。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-3 The head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organ may ask for a necessary report from persons who have goods in their custody pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or have their officials enter and inspect the place where these goods are stored. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第四号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-50/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-4 - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第五号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-50/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-5 - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第六号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-50/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-6 - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第七号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-50/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-7 - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第八号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-50/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-8 - art-78/par-1: 第五十条第一項第四号から第九号まで → 災害対策基本法 第五十条第一項第九号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-50/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-50/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-50/par-1/item-9 - art-78/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十八条第二項（指定行政機関の長等の収用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第七十八条第三項（指定行政機関の長等の収用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-78/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第八十一条第一項（公用令書の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-81/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 - 災害対策基本法 第八十三条第一項（立入りの要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-83/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第百十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-113/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-113/par-1/item-2 - 災害対策基本法 第百十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-115/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-115/par-1/item-1 - 災害対策基本法 第百十五条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-115/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-115/par-1/item-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