# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第百十条 (Article 110)

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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: 第百十条 (Article 110)（特別区についてのこの法律の適用） — address `art-110`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-110
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-110
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### 第百十条（特別区についてのこの法律の適用） — (Application of this Act to a Special Ward)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-110</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の適用については、特別区は、市とみなす。
<sup>art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-110/par-1</sup>
With regards to the application of this Act, a special ward is deemed to be a city.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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