# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第八十六条の十五 (Article 86-15) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15. 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: 第八十六条の十五 (Article 86-15) — address `art-86-15` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15 - 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. --- ### 第八十六条の十五 art-86-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15 **第一項** 都道府県知事又は市町村長は、当該都道府県又は市町村の地域に係る災害が発生した場合において、防災庁令で定めるところにより、当該災害の被災者の安否に関する情報（次項において「安否情報」という。）について照会があつたときは、回答することができる。 art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture or municipality has occurred, when an information inquiry concerning the safety of disaster victims of the disaster (referred to as "safety information" in the following paragraph) is received, as provided for by Disaster Management Agency Order, the governor of the prefecture or the mayor of the municipality may reply to the inquiry. machine translation, not official **第二項** 都道府県知事又は市町村長は、前項の規定により安否情報を回答するときは、当該安否情報に係る被災者又は第三者の権利利益を不当に侵害することのないよう配慮するものとする。 art-86-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-2 The prefectural governor or the mayor of a municipality is to, when replying with the safety information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, consider not violating unfairly the rights and interests of disaster victims or third parties related to the safety information. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事又は市町村長は、第一項の規定による回答を適切に行い、又は当該回答の適切な実施に備えるために必要な限度で、その保有する被災者の氏名その他の被災者に関する情報を、その保有に当たつて特定された利用の目的以外の目的のために内部で利用することができる。 art-86-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-3 The prefectural governor or the mayor of a municipality may internally use the names of disaster victims and any other information on disaster victims held by them for purposes other than those identified in holding them to the extent necessary to reply properly under paragraph (1) or to prepare for proper implementation of the reply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県知事又は市町村長は、第一項の規定による回答を適切に行い、又は当該回答の適切な実施に備えるため必要があると認めるときは、関係地方公共団体の長、消防機関、都道府県警察その他の者に対して、被災者に関する情報の提供を求めることができる。 art-86-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-4 When the prefectural governor or the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary for replying properly under paragraph (1) or for preparing to implement the reply properly, the governor or the mayor may ask the head of a relevant local government, fire-fighting organs, the prefectural police of the prefecture, and any other persons to provide information on disaster victims. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-86-15/par-1: 次項 → 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第二項 (Article 86-15, paragraph (2)), art-86-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-2 - art-86-15/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第一項 (Article 86-15, paragraph (1)), art-86-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-1 - art-86-15/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第一項 (Article 86-15, paragraph (1)), art-86-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-1 - art-86-15/par-4: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第一項 (Article 86-15, paragraph (1)), art-86-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-2 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-3 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第四 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-4 - 住民基本台帳法 別表第五第一号の四 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-5/item-1-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-5/item-1-4 - 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-15/par-4 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-008, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 222 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02