# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第六十九条 (Article 69)
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- 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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（災害時における事務の委託の手続の特例） — address `art-69`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-69
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### 第六十九条（災害時における事務の委託の手続の特例） — (Special Provisions for Procedure for Delegation of Affairs in Time of a Disaster)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-69
**第一項** 市町村は、当該市町村の地域に係る災害が発生した場合において、応急措置を実施するため必要があると認めるときは、地方自治法第二百五十二条の十四及び第二百五十二条の十五の規定にかかわらず、政令で定めるところにより、その事務又は市町村長等の権限に属する事務の一部を他の地方公共団体に委託して、当該地方公共団体の長その他の執行機関にこれを管理し、及び執行させることができる。
art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-69/par-1
In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred, when the municipality finds it necessary for implementing emergency measures, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 252-14 and 252-15 of the Local Autonomy Act, as provided for by Cabinet Order, it may delegate its affairs or part of the affairs under the authority of the mayor of a municipality, etc. to another local government and have the head or any other executive agency of the local government manage and execute them.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-69/par-1: 地方自治法第二百五十二条の十四 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の十四 (Article 252-14), art-252-14 — not held in this collection
- art-69/par-1: 第二百五十二条の十五 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の十五 (Article 252-15), art-252-15 — not held in this collection
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## 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