# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第四十六条 (Article 46) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46. 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（災害予防及びその実施責任） — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条（災害予防及びその実施責任） — (Disaster Prevention and Responsibility for its Implementation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Disaster Management and Responsibility for its Implementation)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46 **第一項** 災害予防は、次に掲げる事項について、災害の発生又は拡大を未然に防止するために行うものとする。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1 Disaster prevention is to be performed in order to preemptively prevent the occurrence or spread of any disaster with respect to the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Disaster management is to be performed in order to preemptively prevent the occurrence or spread of any disaster with respect to the following matters:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **一** 防災に関する組織の整備に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-1 matters concerning maintenance of organizations for disaster management; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 防災に関する教育及び訓練に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-2 matters concerning education and drills for disaster management; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 防災に関する物資及び資材の備蓄、整備及び点検に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-3 matters concerning stockpiling, preparation, and inspection of goods and materials for disaster management; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 防災に関する施設及び設備の整備及び点検に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-4 matters concerning maintenance and inspection of facilities and equipment for disaster management; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合における相互応援の円滑な実施及び民間の団体の協力の確保のためにあらかじめ講ずべき措置に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-5 matters concerning measures to be taken in advance to implement mutual support smoothly and to ensure cooperation from private groups when a disaster has occurred or is likely to occur; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 要配慮者の生命又は身体を災害から保護するためにあらかじめ講ずべき措置に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-6 matters concerning measures to be taken in advance to protect the life or body of persons requiring special care from disaster; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、災害が発生した場合における災害応急対策の実施の支障となるべき状態等の改善に関する事項 art-46/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-7 beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, other matters concerning improvement of conditions that will hinder the implementation of emergency disaster control measures in the event of a disaster. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定行政機関の長及び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、指定公共機関及び指定地方公共機関その他法令の規定により災害予防の実施について責任を有する者は、法令又は防災計画の定めるところにより、災害予防を実施しなければならない。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-2 The head of a designated administrative organ, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, designated public corporations and local public corporations, and any other parties responsible pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations for the implementation of disaster prevention must carry out disaster prevention, as provided for by laws and regulations or under a disaster management plan. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The head of a designated administrative organ, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, designated public corporations and local public corporations, and any other parties responsible pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations for the implementation of disaster management must carry out disaster management, as provided for by laws and regulations or under a disaster management plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## Cites - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第一号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-46/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-1 - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第二号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-46/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-2 - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第三号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-46/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-3 - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第四号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-46/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-4 - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第五号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-46/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-5 - art-46/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第六号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-46/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-6 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第四十六条第一項第七号（災害予防及びその実施責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-46/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-46/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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 46 — 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 46, paragraph (1) — 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 46, paragraph (2) — 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