# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第九十八条 (Article 98)
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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: 第九十八条 (Article 98) — address `art-98`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
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### 第九十八条
art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-98
**第一項** 前条に規定する法律は、できる限り激甚災害の発生のつどこれを制定することを避け、また、災害に伴う国の負担に係る制度の合理化を図り、激甚災害に対する前条の施策が円滑に講ぜられるようなものでなければならない。
art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-98/par-1
With respect to the law prescribed in the preceding Article, insofar as practicable, enacting such a law at the time of each disaster of extreme severity should be avoided, also, the law must be designed to rationalize the system concerning the burden of the State consequent upon disaster, and enable the measures against a disaster of extreme severity described in the preceding Article to be carried out smoothly.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-98/par-1: 前条 → 災害対策基本法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-97
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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