# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十条 (Article 70) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70. 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: 第七十条 (Article 70)（都道府県の応急措置） — address `art-70` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70 - 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. --- ### 第七十条（都道府県の応急措置） — (Emergency Measures at the Prefectural Level) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、当該都道府県の地域に係る災害が発生し、又はまさに発生しようとしているときは、法令又は地域防災計画の定めるところにより、その所掌事務に係る応急措置をすみやかに実施しなければならない。この場合において、都道府県知事は、その区域内の市町村の実施する応急措置が的確かつ円滑に行なわれることとなるように努めなければならない。 art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70/par-1 When a disaster involving an area of a prefecture has occurred or is imminent, as provided for by laws and regulations or under an area disaster management plan, the prefectural governor must promptly implement emergency measures concerning the function under the governor's jurisdiction. In this case, the prefectural governor must endeavor to ensure that emergency measures taken by municipalities within their areas are carried out accurately and smoothly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県の委員会又は委員は、当該都道府県の地域に係る災害が発生し、又はまさに発生しようとしているときは、法令又は地域防災計画の定めるところにより、都道府県知事の所轄の下にその所掌事務に係る応急措置を実施しなければならない。 art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70/par-2 When a disaster involving an area of a prefecture has occurred or is imminent, pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations or an area disaster management plan, the committee of the prefecture or its members must implement the emergency measures concerning the function under their jurisdiction, under the jurisdiction of the prefectural governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合において、応急措置を実施するため、又はその区域内の市町村の実施する応急措置が的確かつ円滑に行われるようにするため必要があると認めるときは、都道府県知事は、指定行政機関の長若しくは指定地方行政機関の長又は当該都道府県の他の執行機関、指定公共機関若しくは指定地方公共機関に対し、応急措置の実施を要請し、又は求めることができる。この場合において、応急措置の実施を要請された指定行政機関の長又は指定地方行政機関の長は、正当な理由がない限り、応急措置の実施を拒んではならない。 art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70/par-3 In the case referred to in the paragraph (1), when a prefectural governor finds it necessary for implementing emergency measures or for ensuring accurate and smooth implementation of emergency measures taken by municipalities within their areas, the governor may request the head of a designated administrative organ or designated local administrative organ, any other executive agency of the prefecture, or a designated public corporation or designated local public corporation to implement emergency measures. In this case, the head of a designated administrative organ or designated local administrative organ requested to implement emergency measures may not refuse the implementation of emergency measures except for just cause. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case referred to in the paragraph (1), when a prefectural governor finds it necessary for implementing emergency measures for ensuring accurate and smooth implementation of emergency measures taken by municipalities within their areas, the governor may request the head of a designated administrative organ or designated local administrative organ, any other executive agency of the prefecture, or a designated public corporation or designated local public corporation to implement emergency measures. In this case, the head of a designated administrative organ or designated local administrative organ requested to implement emergency measures may not refuse the implementation of emergency measures except for just cause." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## Cites - art-70/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第六十八条の二第一項（都道府県知事に対する応急措置の実施の要請の要求等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-68-2/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第七十条第三項（都道府県の応急措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-70/par-3 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の四第一項（指定行政機関の長等に対する応援の要求等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-4/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 70, paragraph (3) — 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