# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十四条 (Article 74) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74. 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: 第七十四条 (Article 74)（都道府県知事等に対する応援の要求） — address `art-74` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74 - 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. --- ### 第七十四条（都道府県知事等に対する応援の要求） — (Request for Support from Prefectural Governor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74 **第一項** 都道府県知事等は、当該都道府県の地域に係る災害が発生し、又は発生するおそれがある場合において、災害応急対策を実施するため必要があると認めるときは、他の都道府県の都道府県知事等に対し、応援を求めることができる。この場合において、応急措置を実施するための応援を求められた都道府県知事等は、正当な理由がない限り、応援を拒んではならない。 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture has occurred or is likely to occur, when a prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary for implementing emergency disaster control measures, the prefectural governor, etc. may ask support from another prefectural governor, etc. In this case, the prefectural governor, etc. whose support have been asked for the purpose of implementing emergency measures may not refuse the support except for just cause. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の応援に従事する者は、災害応急対策の実施については、当該応援を求めた都道府県知事等の指揮の下に行動するものとする。この場合において、警察官にあつては、当該応援を求めた都道府県の公安委員会の管理の下にその職権を行うものとする。 art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74/par-2 Those who render the support prescribed in the preceding paragraph are to act under the direction of the prefectural governor, etc. who have requested the support, insofar as the implementation of emergency disaster control measures is concerned. In this case, as regards the police officers, they are to exercise their authority, under the control of the public safety commission of the prefecture that asked for the support. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条第二項（都道府県知事等に対する応援の要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の三第一項（内閣総理大臣による応援の要求等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-3/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第九十二条第一項（指定行政機関の長等又は他の地方公共団体の長等の応援を受けた場合の災害応急対策に要する費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-92/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