# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2. 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: 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2)（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — address `art-74-2` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十四条の二（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — (Prefectural Governor's Request for Support) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-74-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2 **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、又は発生するおそれがある場合において、第七十二条第一項の規定による指示又は同条第二項の規定による要求のみによつては当該都道府県の区域内の市町村の実施する災害応急対策に係る応援が円滑に実施されないと認めるときは、他の都道府県知事に対し、当該災害が発生し又は発生するおそれがある市町村の市町村長（次項及び次条において「災害発生市町村長」という。）を応援することを求めることができる。 art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-1 In cases where a disaster involving an area of a prefecture has occurred or is likely to occur, when the prefectural governor finds that support concerning emergency disaster control measures at the municipal level within the area of the prefecture would not be implemented smoothly only by the instructions under Article 72, paragraph (1), or the request under paragraph (2) of the same Article, the governor may request other prefectural governors to support the mayor of the municipality where the disaster has occurred or is likely to occur (hereinafter referred to as "mayor of the municipality where the disaster has occurred or is likely to occur" in the following paragraph and the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による要求を受けた都道府県知事は、当該要求に応じ応援をする場合において、災害発生市町村長の実施する災害応急対策が的確かつ円滑に行われるようにするため特に必要があると認めるときは、当該都道府県の区域内の市町村の市町村長に対し、当該災害発生市町村長を応援することを求めることができる。 art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-2 In cases where support will be provided in response to the request under the preceding paragraph, when the prefectural governors who have received a request under the preceding paragraph find it particularly necessary for ensuring that emergency disaster control measures to be taken by the mayor of the municipality where the disaster has occurred or is likely to occur are implemented accurately and smoothly, they may request the mayors of municipalities within the areas of the prefectures to support the mayor of the municipality where the disaster has occurred or is likely to occur. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による都道府県知事の要求に係る応援に従事する者は、災害応急対策の実施については、当該応援を受ける市町村長の指揮の下に行動するものとする。 art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-3 Those who render the support concerning a request from the prefectural governors under the preceding two paragraphs are to act under the direction of the mayor of the municipality receiving the support insofar as the implementation of emergency disaster control measures is concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74-2/par-1: 第七十二条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-1 - art-74-2/par-1: 同条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-72/par-2 - art-74-2/par-1: 次項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第二項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (2)), art-74-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-2 - art-74-2/par-1: 次条 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の三 (Article 74-3), art-74-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-3 - art-74-2/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第一項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (1)), art-74-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-1 - art-74-2/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第一項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (1)), art-74-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-1 - art-74-2/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第二項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (2)), art-74-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第一項（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第二項（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第七十四条の二第三項（都道府県知事による応援の要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-74-2/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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