# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第八十六条の十六 (Article 86-16)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第八十六条の十六 (Article 86-16)（物資又は資材の供給の要請等） — address `art-86-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
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### 第八十六条の十六（物資又は資材の供給の要請等） — (Requests for Supply of Goods or Materials)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-86-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-16</sup>

  **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、又は災害が発生するおそれがある場合において、災害応急対策の実施に当たつて、その備蓄する物資又は資材が不足し、当該災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施することが困難であると認めるときは、都道府県知事にあつては指定行政機関の長又は指定地方行政機関の長に対し、市町村長にあつては都道府県知事に対し、それぞれ必要な物資又は資材の供給について必要な措置を講ずるよう要請し、又は求めることができる。
  <sup>art-86-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-16/par-1</sup>
  In cases where a disaster involving an area of the prefecture or municipality has occurred or is likely to occur, when their stored goods or materials are insufficient for implementing emergency disaster control measures, and it is found difficult to implement the emergency disaster control measures accurately and speedily, the prefectural governor may request the head of the designated administrative organ or the head of the designated local administrative organ, and the mayor of a municipality may request the prefectural governor, to take necessary measures for the supply of each of the necessary goods and materials.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  指定行政機関の長若しくは指定地方行政機関の長又は都道府県知事は、都道府県又は市町村の地域に係る災害が発生し、又は災害が発生するおそれがある場合であつて、当該都道府県の知事又は当該市町村の市町村長が災害応急対策を実施するに当たつて、その備蓄する物資又は資材が不足し、当該災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施することが困難であると認める場合において、その事態に照らし緊急を要し、前項の規定による要請又は要求を待ついとまがないと認められるときは、当該要請又は要求を待たないで、必要な物資又は資材の供給について必要な措置を講ずることができる。
  <sup>art-86-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-16/par-2</sup>
  In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture or municipality has occurred or is likely to occur, their stored goods and materials are found insufficient by the governor of the prefecture or the mayor of the municipality to implement emergency disaster control measures, and it is found difficult to implement the emergency disaster control measures accurately and promptly, when it is found urgent in light of the situation and there is no time to wait for the request under the preceding paragraph, the head of the designated administrative organ, the head of the designated local administrative organ, or the prefectural governor may take necessary measures for the supply of necessary goods and materials without waiting for the request.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-86-16/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十六第一項 (Article 86-16, paragraph (1)), art-86-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-16/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の十六第二項（物資又は資材の供給の要請等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-16/par-2

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## 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
