# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第百六条 (Article 106)

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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
- 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: 第百六条 (Article 106)（国会の承認及び布告の廃止） — address `art-106`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
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### 第百六条（国会の承認及び布告の廃止） — (Approval of the Diet and Repeal of a Declaration)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、前条の規定により災害緊急事態の布告を発したときは、これを発した日から二十日以内に国会に付議して、その布告を発したことについて承認を求めなければならない。ただし、国会が閉会中の場合又は衆議院が解散されている場合は、その後最初に召集される国会において、すみやかに、その承認を求めなければならない。
<sup>art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106/par-1</sup>
When a state of emergency disaster has been declared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must submit the matter to the Diet for its approval for the declaration within twenty days from the day of declaration; provided, however, that when the Diet is in adjournment or the House of Representatives is in dissolution, the Prime Minister must promptly seek such approval in the Diet first convened thereafter.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a state of emergency disaster has been declared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must submit the matter to the Diet for its approval for the declaration within twenty days from the day of declaration; provided, however, that when the Diet is in adjournment or the House of Representatives is in dissolution, the Minister must promptly seek such approval in the Diet first convened thereafter." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb</sup>

**第二項**  内閣総理大臣は、前項の場合において不承認の議決があつたとき、国会が災害緊急事態の布告の廃止を議決したとき、又は当該布告の必要がなくなつたときは、すみやかに、当該布告を廃止しなければならない。
<sup>art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106/par-2</sup>
When a resolution of disapproval has been made as in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the Diet has voted to repeal the declaration of a state of emergency disaster, or when there is no longer the necessity for the declaration, the Prime Minister must promptly repeal the declaration.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-106/par-1: 前条 → 災害対策基本法 第百五条 (Article 105), art-105 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-105
- art-106/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 災害対策基本法 第百六条第二項（国会の承認及び布告の廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106/par-2
- 災害対策基本法 第百八条第七項（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-7

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, written 2026-11-03
- 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 (災害対策基本法), Article 106, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), 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
