Disaster Prevention and Protection Act Article 4

(Regulating Authorities)The regulating authorities of the Act, at the central level shall be Ministry of the Interior; municipality, the municipal government; and county (city), the county (city) government.The municipal or county (city) government and township (city) and indigenous districts offices handle the affairs of disaster prevention and protection according to Article 18, paragraph 11, subparagraph 2, and Article 19, paragraph 11, subparagraph 2, Article 20, paragraph 7, subparagraph 1, and Article 83-3, paragraph 7, subparagraph 1 as prescribed in the Local Government Act and the Act accordingly.The affairs concerning disaster prevention and protection works conducted by offices subordinated to special municipality and city governments shall be determined by special municipality and city governments in accordance with the rules governing the township (city) offices based on the Act.