# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31)

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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
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- Provision: 第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31)（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-87/art-31`
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### 第三十一条（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
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<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に第六十六条の規定による改正前の災害対策基本法（以下この条において「旧災害対策基本法」という。）第十六条第三項の規定によりされた承認又はこの法律の施行の際現に同項の規定によりされている承認の申請は、それぞれ第六十六条の規定による改正後の災害対策基本法（以下この条において「新災害対策基本法」という。）第十六条第四項の規定により市町村防災会議を設置しないことについてされた協議又は当該協議の申出とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1</sup>
An approval given before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 66 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Former Basic Act on Disaster Management"), or an application for approval pending at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to that paragraph, is deemed to be, respectively, a consultation held on not establishing a municipal disaster management council pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management after the amendment by the provisions of Article 66 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "New Basic Act on Disaster Management"), or a request for consultation on that matter.
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**第二項**  施行日前に旧災害対策基本法第四十三条第一項の規定により作成された指定地域都道府県防災計画若しくは旧災害対策基本法第四十四条第一項の規定により作成された指定地域市町村防災計画又はこの法律の施行の際現に旧災害対策基本法第四十三条第三項において準用する旧災害対策基本法第四十条第三項若しくは旧災害対策基本法第四十四条第三項において準用する旧災害対策基本法第四十二条第三項の規定によりされている協議の申出は、それぞれ新災害対策基本法第四十三条第一項の規定により作成された都道府県相互間地域防災計画若しくは新災害対策基本法第四十四条第一項の規定により作成された市町村相互間地域防災計画又は新災害対策基本法第四十三条第三項において準用する新災害対策基本法第四十条第三項若しくは新災害対策基本法第四十四条第三項において準用する新災害対策基本法第四十二条第三項の規定によりされた協議の申出とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2</sup>
A designated-area prefectural disaster management plan prepared before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, a designated-area municipal disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, or a request for consultation pending at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, or pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, is deemed to be, respectively, a multi-prefecture mutual area disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, a multi-municipality area disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, or a request for consultation made pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, or pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management.
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**第三項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧災害対策基本法第七十一条第二項の規定により都道府県知事の権限の一部を委任されて市町村長が行っている事務は、新災害対策基本法第七十一条第二項の規定により市町村長が行うこととされた事務とみなす。
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The affairs that, at the time this Act comes into effect, are being conducted by a mayor of a municipality to whom part of the authority of the prefectural governor has been delegated pursuant to Article 71, paragraph (2) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management are deemed to be affairs that a mayor of a municipality is to conduct pursuant to Article 71, paragraph (2) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management.
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## Cites
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1: この条 → 災害対策基本法 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), suppl-4111-87/art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1: 第十六条第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-16/par-4
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十三条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-43/par-1
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十四条第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-1
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十三条第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-43/par-3
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十条第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十条第四項 (Article 40, paragraph (4)), art-40/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-40/par-4
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十四条第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十四条第三項 (Article 44, paragraph (3)), art-44/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-44/par-3
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-2: 新災害対策基本法第四十二条第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第四十二条第三項 (Article 42, paragraph (3)), art-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-42/par-3
- suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-3: 新災害対策基本法第七十一条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-71/par-2

## Cited by

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- 災害対策基本法 附則第三十一条第一項（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-31/par-1
- 災害対策基本法 附則第百六十条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-010, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-010, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
