# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第五十六条 (Article 56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56. 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（市町村長の警報の伝達及び警告） — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条（市町村長の警報の伝達及び警告） — (Mayor's Transmission of Alarm and Warning) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56 **第一項** 市町村長は、法令の規定により災害に関する予報若しくは警報の通知を受けたとき、自ら災害に関する予報若しくは警報を知つたとき、法令の規定により自ら災害に関する警報をしたとき、又は前条の通知を受けたときは、地域防災計画の定めるところにより、当該予報若しくは警報又は通知に係る事項を関係機関及び住民その他関係のある公私の団体に伝達しなければならない。この場合において、必要があると認めるときは、市町村長は、住民その他関係のある公私の団体に対し、予想される災害の事態及びこれに対してとるべき避難のための立退きの準備その他の措置について、必要な通知又は警告をすることができる。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56/par-1 When the mayor of a municipality has received a notification of a forecast or an alarm of a disaster as provided for by laws and regulations, when the mayor has independently learned of a forecast or an alarm of a disaster, when the mayor has issued an alarm pertaining to a disaster as provided for by laws and regulations, or when the mayor has received the notification prescribed in the preceding Article, the mayor must transmit the matters concerning the forecast, alarm, or notification to related organs, residents, and any other related public or private groups pursuant to the provisions of the area disaster management plan. In this case, when found necessary, the mayor may issue a necessary notification or alarm to residents and any other public or private groups in regard to the anticipated conditions of the disaster and measures to be taken in response to prepare for evacuation for refuge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村長は、前項の規定により必要な通知又は警告をするに当たつては、要配慮者に対して、その円滑かつ迅速な避難の確保が図られるよう必要な情報の提供その他の必要な配慮をするものとする。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56/par-2 In issuing a necessary notification or alarm pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a municipality must provide necessary information to and take other necessary consideration regarding persons requiring special care in order to ensure their smooth and prompt evacuation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-1: 前条 → 災害対策基本法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-55 - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第五十六条第二項（市町村長の警報の伝達及び警告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-56/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第五十七条第一項（警報の伝達等のための通信設備の優先利用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-57/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 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02