# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2. 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: 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2)（市町村災害対策本部） — address `art-23-2` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の二（市町村災害対策本部） — (Municipal Disaster Management Headquarters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2 **第一項** 市町村の地域について災害が発生し、又は災害が発生するおそれがある場合において、防災の推進を図るため必要があると認めるときは、市町村長は、市町村地域防災計画の定めるところにより、市町村災害対策本部を設置することができる。 art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred or is likely to occur, when the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary for the promotion of disaster management, that mayor may establish municipal disaster management headquarters pursuant to the provisions of a municipal area disaster management plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村災害対策本部の長は、市町村災害対策本部長とし、市町村長をもつて充てる。 art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-2 The municipal disaster management headquarters is headed by a chairperson, and the mayor serves as chairperson. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村災害対策本部に、市町村災害対策副本部長、市町村災害対策本部員その他の職員を置き、当該市町村の職員又は当該市町村の区域を管轄する消防長若しくはその指名する消防吏員のうちから、当該市町村の市町村長が任命する。 art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-3 An assistant chairperson, headquarters members and other officials are assigned to the municipal disaster management headquarters, and they are appointed by the mayor of the relevant municipality from among officials of the relevant municipality or the fire chief having jurisdiction over the area of the relevant municipality or firefighters appointed by that chief. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An assistant chairperson, headquarters members and other officials are assigned to the municipal disaster management headquarters, and they are appointed by the mayor of the relevant municipality from among officials of the relevant municipality or the firechief having jurisdiction over the area of the relevant municipality or firefighters appointed by that chief." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第四項** 市町村災害対策本部は、市町村地域防災計画の定めるところにより、次に掲げる事務を行う。この場合において、市町村災害対策本部は、必要に応じ、関係指定地方行政機関、関係地方公共団体、関係指定公共機関及び関係指定地方公共機関との連携の確保に努めなければならない。 art-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-4 The municipal disaster management headquarters perform the following affairs pursuant to the provisions of the municipal area disaster management plan. In this case, the municipal disaster management headquarters must endeavor to ensure coordination with relevant designated local administrative organs, relevant local governments, relevant designated public corporations, and relevant designated local public corporations if necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該市町村の地域に係る災害に関する情報を収集すること。 art-23-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-4/item-1 Gathering of information relating to disaster involving an area of the relevant municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該市町村の地域に係る災害予防及び災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施するための方針を作成し、並びに当該方針に沿つて災害予防及び災害応急対策を実施すること。 art-23-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-4/item-2 Formulation of a policy to accurately and promptly implement disaster prevention and emergency disaster control measures concerning an area of the relevant municipality, and implementation of disaster prevention and emergency disaster control measures in line with that policy. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Formulation of a policy to accurately and promtly implement disaster management and emergency disaster control measures concerning an area of the relevant municipality, and implementation of disaster management and emergency disaster control measures in line with that policy." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第五項** 市町村長は、市町村地域防災計画の定めるところにより、市町村災害対策本部に、災害地にあつて当該市町村災害対策本部の事務の一部を行う組織として、市町村現地災害対策本部を置くことができる。 art-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-5 Pursuant to the provisions of a municipal area disaster management plan, the mayor of a municipality may establish on-site municipal disaster management headquarters within the municipal disaster management headquarters to function as an organization to carry out part of the affairs of the relevant municipal disaster management headquarters at the site of the disaster area. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 市町村災害対策本部長は、当該市町村の教育委員会に対し、当該市町村の地域に係る災害予防又は災害応急対策を実施するため必要な限度において、必要な指示をすることができる。 art-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-6 The chairperson of the municipal disaster management headquarters may give necessary instructions to the board of education of the relevant municipality to the extent necessary for the implementation of disaster prevention or emergency disaster control measures concerning an area of the relevant municipality. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The chairperson of the municipal disaster management headquarters may give necessary instructions to the board of education of the relevant municipality to the extent necessary for the implementation of disaster management or emergency disaster control measures concerning an area of the relevant municipality." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第七項** 前条第七項の規定は、市町村災害対策本部長について準用する。この場合において、同項中「当該都道府県の」とあるのは、「当該市町村の」と読み替えるものとする。 art-23-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-7 The provisions of paragraph (7) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the chairperson of the municipal disaster management headquarters. In this case, the term "the relevant prefecture" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant municipality". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前各項に規定するもののほか、市町村災害対策本部に関し必要な事項は、市町村の条例で定める。 art-23-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-8 Beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding paragraphs, other necessary matters of the municipal disaster management headquarters are prescribed by a municipal ordinance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-2/par-7: 前条第七項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条第七項 (Article 23, paragraph (7)), art-23/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23/par-7 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第一項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (1)), art-23-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-1 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第二項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (2)), art-23-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-2 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第三項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (3)), art-23-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-3 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第四項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (4)), art-23-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-4 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第五項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (5)), art-23-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-5 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第六項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (6)), art-23-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-6 - art-23-2/par-8: 前各項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第七項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (7)), art-23-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-7 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の二第八項（市町村災害対策本部） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-2/par-8 --- ## 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 23-2, paragraph (3) — 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 (災害対策基本法), Article 23-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) — 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 (災害対策基本法), Article 23-2, paragraph (6) — 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