# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第二十三条の四 (Article 23-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4. 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: 第二十三条の四 (Article 23-4)（特定災害対策本部の組織） — address `art-23-4` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の四（特定災害対策本部の組織） — (Organization of the Specified Disaster Management Headquarters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4 **第一項** 特定災害対策本部の長は、特定災害対策本部長とし、防災大臣その他の国務大臣をもつて充てる。 art-23-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-1 The specified disaster management headquarters is headed by a chairperson, and the chairperson is appointed from among the Minister for Disaster Management and other Ministers of State. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定災害対策本部長は、特定災害対策本部の事務を総括し、所部の職員を指揮監督する。 art-23-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-2 The chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters directs the affairs of the headquarters and supervises the officials thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特定災害対策本部に、特定災害対策副本部長、特定災害対策本部員その他の職員を置く。 art-23-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-3 An assistant chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 特定災害対策副本部長は、特定災害対策本部長を助け、特定災害対策本部長に事故があるときは、その職務を代理する。特定災害対策副本部長が二人以上置かれている場合にあつては、あらかじめ特定災害対策本部長が定めた順序で、その職務を代理する。 art-23-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-4 The assistant chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters supports the chairperson of the headquarters, and in case the chairperson of the headquarters is incapacitated, the assistant chairperson performs duties on behalf of the chairperson. If there are two or more assistant chairpersons of the specified disaster management headquarters, they perform their duties according to the order decided by the chairperson of the headquarters in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 特定災害対策副本部長、特定災害対策本部員その他の職員は、内閣官房若しくは防災庁その他の指定行政機関の職員又は指定地方行政機関の長若しくはその職員のうちから、内閣総理大臣が任命する。 art-23-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-5 The assistant chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters, headquarters members, and other officials are appointed by the Prime Minister from among officials of the Cabinet Secretariat, the Disaster Management Agency, or other designated administrative organs, or heads or officials of designated local administrative organs. machine translation, not official **第六項** 特定災害対策本部に、当該特定災害対策本部の所管区域にあつて当該特定災害対策本部長の定めるところにより当該特定災害対策本部の事務の一部を行う組織として、特定災害現地対策本部を置くことができる。この場合においては、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第百五十六条第四項の規定は、適用しない。 art-23-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-6 An On-site specified disaster management headquarters may be established within the specified disaster management headquarters to function as an organization to carry out part of the affairs of the specified disaster management headquarters as designated by the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters within the area of jurisdiction of the specified disaster management headquarters. In this case, the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (4) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により特定災害現地対策本部を置いたときは、これを国会に報告しなければならない。 art-23-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-7 When an on-site specified disaster management headquarters is established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must report it to the Diet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前条第二項の規定は、特定災害現地対策本部について準用する。 art-23-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-8 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the on-site specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 特定災害現地対策本部に、特定災害現地対策本部長及び特定災害現地対策本部員その他の職員を置く。 art-23-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-9 A headquarters chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the on-site specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 特定災害現地対策本部長は、特定災害対策本部長の命を受け、特定災害現地対策本部の事務を掌理する。 art-23-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-10 The chairperson of the On-site specified disaster management headquarters administers the affairs of the on-site specified disaster management headquarters under the orders of the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十一項** 特定災害現地対策本部長及び特定災害現地対策本部員その他の職員は、特定災害対策副本部長、特定災害対策本部員その他の職員のうちから、特定災害対策本部長が指名する者をもつて充てる。 art-23-4/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-11 The chairperson, members, and other officials of the on-site specified disaster management headquarters are appointed by the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters from among the assistant chairpersons, members, and other officials of the specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-4/par-6: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第百五十六条第四項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第百五十六条第四項 (Article 156, paragraph (4)), art-156/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-23-4/par-7: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の四第六項 (Article 23-4, paragraph (6)), art-23-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-6 - art-23-4/par-8: 前条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の三第二項 (Article 23-3, paragraph (2)), art-23-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-3/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の四第七項（特定災害対策本部の組織） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-4/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第二十五条第九項（非常災害対策本部の組織） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-25/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-25/par-9 - 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の三第九項（緊急災害対策本部の組織） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-3/par-9 - 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の八第七項（特定災害復旧復興本部の組織） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-8/par-7 - 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の十二第九項（非常災害復旧復興本部の組織） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-12/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-12/par-9 - 災害対策基本法 附則第五条第二項（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-5081-62/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-5081-62/art-5/par-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02