# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七十七条 (Article 77) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77. 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: 第七十七条 (Article 77)（指定行政機関の長等の応急措置） — address `art-77` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77 - 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. --- ### 第七十七条（指定行政機関の長等の応急措置） — (Emergency Measures by the Head of a Designated Administrative Organ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77 **第一項** 指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、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するとともに、都道府県及び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ようにするため、必要な施策を講じなければならない。 art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77/par-1 When a disaster has occurred or is imminent, as provided for by laws and regulations or under a disaster management plan, the head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organ must promptly implement the emergency measures concerning the function under their jurisdiction and take necessary measures in the interest of accurate and smooth implementation of emergency measures taken by the prefecture or municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、応急措置を実施するため必要があると認めるときは、指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、都道府県知事、市町村長又は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、又は指示することができる。 art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77/par-2 In cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organs find it necessary for implementing emergency measures, they may request or instruct the prefectural governor, the mayor of a municipality, or a designated public corporations or designated local public corporations to implement emergency measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-77/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七十七条第二項（指定行政機関の長等の応急措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-77/par-2 --- ## 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