# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第二十三条の七 (Article 23-7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7. 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: 第二十三条の七 (Article 23-7)（特定災害対策本部長の権限） — address `art-23-7` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の七（特定災害対策本部長の権限） — (Authority of the Chairperson of the Specified Disaster Management Headquarters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7 **第一項** 特定災害対策本部長は、前条の規定により権限を委任された職員の当該特定災害対策本部の所管区域における権限の行使について調整をすることができる。 art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-1 The chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters may coordinate the exercise of authority by officials to whom authority was delegated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, within the area of jurisdiction of the specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特定災害対策本部長は、当該特定災害対策本部の所管区域における災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施するため特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要な限度において、関係指定地方行政機関の長、地方公共団体の長その他の執行機関並びに指定公共機関及び指定地方公共機関に対し、必要な指示をすることができる。 art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-2 When the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters finds it particularly necessary for the accurate and prompt implementation of emergency disaster control measures within the area of jurisdiction of the headquarters, that chairperson may give necessary instructions to the head of a relevant designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, and designated public corporations and designated local public corporations, to the extent necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特定災害対策本部長は、当該特定災害対策本部の所管区域における災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施するため必要があると認めるときは、関係行政機関の長及び関係地方行政機関の長、地方公共団体の長その他の執行機関、指定公共機関及び指定地方公共機関、登録被災者援護協力団体並びにその他の関係者に対し、資料又は情報の提供、意見の表明その他必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-3 When the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters finds it necessary for the accurate and prompt implementation of emergency disaster control measures within the area of jurisdiction of the headquarters, that chairperson may seek the provision of materials or information, expression of opinions or other necessary cooperation from the head of a relevant administrative organ, the head of a relevant local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, and designated public corporations and designated local public corporations, registered organizations cooperating in support of disaster victims, and any other parties concerned. machine translation, not official **第四項** 特定災害対策本部長は、特定災害現地対策本部が置かれたときは、前三項の規定による権限の一部を特定災害現地対策本部長に委任することができる。 art-23-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-4 When an on-site specified disaster management headquarters is established, the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters may delegate part of the authority vested in the chairperson under the preceding three paragraphs to the chairperson of the on-site specified disaster management headquarters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 特定災害対策本部長は、前項の規定による委任をしたときは、直ちに、その旨を告示しなければならない。 art-23-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-5 When the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters has delegated authority under the preceding paragraph, that chairperson must immediately make a public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-7/par-1: 前条 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の六 (Article 23-6), art-23-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-6 - art-23-7/par-4: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第一項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (1)), art-23-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-1 - art-23-7/par-4: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第二項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (2)), art-23-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-2 - art-23-7/par-4: 前三項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第三項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (3)), art-23-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-3 - art-23-7/par-5: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第四項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (4)), art-23-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の五第一項第四号（特定災害対策本部の所掌事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-5/par-1/item-4 - 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第四項（特定災害対策本部長の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-4 - 災害対策基本法 第二十三条の七第五項（特定災害対策本部長の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-23-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-23-7/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第九十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-95/par-1 --- ## 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-20261103T010525-002, 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