# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-61-2. 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: 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2)（指定行政機関の長等による助言） — address `art-61-2` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-61-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十一条の二（指定行政機関の長等による助言） — (Advice by the Head of a Designated Administrative Organ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-2 **第一項** 市町村長は、第六十条第一項の規定により避難のための立退きを指示し、又は同条第三項の規定により緊急安全確保措置を指示しようとする場合において、必要があると認めるときは、指定行政機関の長若しくは指定地方行政機関の長又は都道府県知事に対し、当該指示に関する事項について、助言を求めることができる。この場合において、助言を求められた指定行政機関の長若しくは指定地方行政機関の長又は都道府県知事は、その所掌事務に関し、必要な助言をするものとする。 art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-61-2/par-1 In cases where the mayor of a municipality finds it necessary to give instructions for evacuation for taking refuge pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), or instructions for urgent measures to ensure safety pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (3), the mayor may request the head of the designated administrative organ, the head of the designated local administrative organ, or the prefectural governor to give advice on the instructions. In this case, the head of the designated administrative organ, the head of the designated local administrative organ, or the prefectural governor who is requested to give advice is to give necessary advice related to the function under the official's jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-2/par-1: 第六十条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-1 - art-61-2/par-1: 同条第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-60/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第六十三条第四項（市町村長の警戒区域設定権等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-63/par-4 --- ## 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