# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十条 (Article 40) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40. 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（都道府県地域防災計画） — address `art-40` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40 - 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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In this case, the relevant prefectural area disaster management plan must not conflict with the disaster management operation plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県地域防災計画は、おおむね次に掲げる事項について定めるものとする。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2 A prefectural area disaster management plan is to provide for the following matters in general: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該都道府県の地域に係る防災に関し、当該都道府県の区域の全部又は一部を管轄する指定地方行政機関、当該都道府県、当該都道府県の区域内の市町村、指定公共機関、指定地方公共機関及び当該都道府県の区域内の公共的団体その他防災上重要な施設の管理者（第四項において「管轄指定地方行政機関等」という。）の処理すべき事務又は業務の大綱 art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-1 general outline of affairs or operations relating to disaster management concerning an area of the relevant prefecture to be handled by a designated local administrative organ having jurisdiction over the area of the prefecture in whole or in part, the relevant prefecture, the municipalities within the area of the relevant prefecture, designated public corporations, designated local public corporations, and public organizations and other administrators of facilities important for disaster management within the area of the relevant prefecture (referred to as "jurisdictional designated local administrative organ, etc." in paragraph (4)); machine translation, not official **二** 当該都道府県の地域に係る防災施設の新設又は改良、防災のための調査研究、教育及び訓練その他の災害予防、情報の収集及び伝達、災害に関する予報又は警報の発令及び伝達、避難、消火、水防、救難、救助、衛生その他の災害応急対策並びに復旧復興に関する事項別の計画 art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-2 plans by category of operations concerning an area of the relevant prefecture: creation or improvement of disaster management facilities, investigation and research for disaster management, education, drills, and other disaster prevention, gathering and transmission of information, issuance and transmission of forecasts and alarms related to disaster, evacuation, fire-fighting, flood prevention, rescue, aid, sanitation, and other emergency disaster control measures, and recovery and reconstruction. machine translation, not official **三** 当該都道府県の地域に係る災害に関する前号に掲げる措置に要する労務、施設、設備、物資、資金等の整備、備蓄、調達、配分、輸送、通信等に関する計画 art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-3 plans for development, stockpiling, procurement, distribution, transportation, and communication with reference to labor, facilities, equipment, goods, funds, etc., required for measures set forth in the preceding item, relating to disasters involving an area of the relevant prefecture. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "plans for coordination, stockpiling, procurement, distribution, transportation, and communication with reference to labor, facilities, equipment, goods, funds, etc., required for measures set forth in the preceding item, relating to disasters involving an area of the relevant prefecture." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **第三項** 都道府県地域防災計画は、前項各号に掲げるもののほか、災害応急対策又は復旧復興を円滑に実施するために必要となる公共的団体又は民間の団体との連携に関する基本的な方針について定めることができる。 art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-3 A prefectural area disaster management plan may, in addition to what is set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph, provide for the basic direction of cooperation with public organizations or private groups that is necessary for the smooth implementation of emergency disaster control measures or recovery and reconstruction. machine translation, not official **第四項** 都道府県防災会議は、都道府県地域防災計画を定めるに当たつては、災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合において管轄指定地方行政機関等が円滑に他の者の応援を受け、又は他の者を応援することができるよう配慮するものとする。 art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-4 In deciding the prefectural area disaster management plan, the prefectural disaster management council gives due consideration to the need for the jurisdictional designated local administrative organ, etc. to receive support from others smoothly or support others when a disaster has occurred or is likely to occur. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 都道府県防災会議は、第一項の規定により都道府県地域防災計画を作成し、又は修正したときは、速やかにこれを内閣総理大臣に報告するとともに、その要旨を公表しなければならない。 art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-5 When the prefectural disaster management council has formulated or revised its prefectural area disaster management plan pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the council must promptly report it to the Prime Minister and release to the public an outline of that plan or revision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により都道府県地域防災計画について報告を受けたときは、中央防災会議の意見を聴くものとし、必要があると認めるときは、当該都道府県防災会議に対し、必要な助言又は勧告をすることができる。 art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-6 When the Prime Minister has received a report on the prefectural area disaster management plan pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to consult the National Disaster Management Council and may provide necessary advice or recommendations to the relevant prefectural disaster management council, when found necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-2/item-1: 第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第四項 (Article 40, paragraph (4)), art-40/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-4 - art-40/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第二項第二号 (Article 40, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-40/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-2 - art-40/par-3: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2 - art-40/par-5: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-1 - art-40/par-6: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第五項 (Article 40, paragraph (5)), art-40/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-5 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 地方税法 附則第十五条第二十九項第二号（固定資産税等の課税標準の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3251-226/art-15/par-29/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3251-226/art-15/par-29/item-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十条第二項第一号（都道府県地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-1 - 災害対策基本法 第四十条第二項第三号（都道府県地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-2/item-3 - 災害対策基本法 第四十条第三項（都道府県地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第四十条第五項（都道府県地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-5 - 災害対策基本法 第四十条第六項（都道府県地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第四十三条第二項（都道府県相互間地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-43/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第四十三条第三項（都道府県相互間地域防災計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-43/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 附則第三十一条第二項（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-4111-87/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 附則第二条第一項（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-4231-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4231-37/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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 40, paragraph (2), item (iii) — 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-006, 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