Section 2 Judicial Enforcement of Claims for Payment of Money (Articles 167-6 to 167-12)
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Article 167-6第百六十七条の六
Prepayment of Expenses(費用の予納等)
Article 167-6, paragraph (1)
To apply the provisions of Article 14, paragraphs (1) and (4) to enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action, the term "enforcement court" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "court clerk."
The provisions of Article 14, paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply to a disposition by a court clerk under paragraph (1) of that Article as applied pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph by replacing the terms.
A person must file an objection to a court clerk's disposition under Article 14, paragraph (4) as applied pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) following a replacement of terms within an inalterable period of one week from the day on which the person is notified of that measure.
An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to deny the objection to an enforcement measure referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の執行異議の申立てを却下する裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
Article 167-6, paragraph (5)
A measure by a court clerk to cancel the procedures for enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) by replacing the terms is not effective until it becomes final and binding.
Court with Jurisdiction over a Third Party Action Opposing Enforcement(第三者異議の訴えの管轄裁判所)
Article 167-7, paragraph (1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (3), a third-party action opposing enforcement in which the third-party asks the court not to permit enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action is under the jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court.
Change in the Scope of Seizure-Prohibited Claims(差押禁止債権の範囲の変更)
Article 167-8, paragraph (1)
An enforcement court may, upon petition, order voidance of all or part of a disposition of seizure or order that a disposition of seizure be made for the portion of a monetary claim of which seizure is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of Article 152 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 167-14, paragraph (1), taking into consideration the living conditions of the obligor and the obligee and any other circumstances.
When there has been a change in circumstances, an enforcement court may, upon petition, order that a disposition of seizure be made for a monetary claim for which a disposition of seizure had been voided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or void all or part of a disposition of seizure that has been made provided in that paragraph.
The provisions of Article 153, paragraphs (3) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the petition referred to in the preceding two paragraphs has been filed. In this case, the term "an order of seizure" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a disposition of seizure."
An obligee who hashaving an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation and an obligee who has proved by a document that the obligee has a statutory lien based on a document or electronic or magnetic record may make a distribution demand for distribution to a court clerk.
The provisions of Article 154, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the distribution referred to in the preceding paragraph has been made.
第百五十四条第二項の規定は、前項の配当要求があつた場合について準用する。
Article 167-9, paragraph (3)(配当要求)
A person must file an objection to a court clerk's disposition denying the distribution demand referred to in paragraph (1) within an inalterable period of one week from the day on which the person is notified of that measure.
An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to deny the objection to an enforcement measure referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の執行異議の申立てを却下する裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
Article 167-10第百六十七条の十
Transfer for Seeking an Assignment Order(転付命令等のための移行)
Article 167-10, paragraph (1)
If an attaching obligee seeks an assignment order, a transfer order, etc., or a statutory deposit order (referred to as an "order for realizing a claim" in this Article) in connection with the monetary claim subject to seizure, by clarifying which one of the order for realizing a claim the obligee seeks, the obligee must file a petition with the enforcement court seeking transfer of the case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim.
When the court has received a petition as referred to in the preceding paragraph in which the obligee has clarified the type of order prescribed in that paragraph, the enforcement court must move the case into the procedures for enforcing claims at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court.
If, before the order under the preceding paragraph became effective, an objection is filed to an enforcement measure that had already been taken or an appeal is filed against an enforcement decision that had already been made, the order does not become effective until the judicial decision on the objection or appeal becomes final and binding.
No appeal may be entered against an order under paragraph (2).
第二項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
Article 167-10, paragraph (5)
An appeal may be filed against an order to deny the petition referred to in paragraph (1).
第一項の申立てを却下する決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
Article 167-10, paragraph (6)
Once an order under paragraph (2) becomes effective, the petition for an order of seizure is deemed to have been filed with the district court prescribed in paragraph (2) at the time the petition for a disposition of seizure is filed or the petition for an order for realizing a claim is deemed to have been filed with that district court at the time the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is filed, and any enforcement measure or other relevant act already taken is deemed to have been taken in the procedures for enforcement against a claim.
If a statutory deposit has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 157, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 167-14, paragraph (1), and distribution is to be implemented since there are two or more obligees and it is not possible to fully perform the claims and enforcement costs of the respective obligees with the deposit money, the enforcement court transfers its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court.
In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if another order of seizure or disposition of seizure has been made for the monetary claim subject to a seizure, the enforcement court may transfer its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the enforcement court that has issued the order of seizure or at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the summary court to which the court clerk who has made that disposition of seizure belongs, in addition to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the district court prescribed in that paragraph.
Article 167-11, paragraph (3)(配当等のための移行等)(Transfer for Purposes of Distribution)Changed
If thea statutory deposit prescribed has been made provided in paragraph (1) has been made, and, if there is only one obligee, or if there are two or more obligees and it is possible to fully perform the claims and enforcement costs of the respective obligees with the deposit money, thea court clerk prepares a records an electronic statement of delivery of the deposit money, delivers (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared by the court clerk, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, by recording the amount of the deposit money, the amounts of the principal of the claims, interest, and any other incidental claims of each obligee, the amount of the enforcement expenses, and the order and amounts of delivery of payment money to enable the obligees,payment money and surplus to be delivered) in a file, and delivers the payment money to the obligee and delivers any surplus to the obligor.
In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if another order of seizure has been issued for the monetary claim subject to a seizure, the enforcement court may transfer its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court or at the enforcement court that has issued the order of seizure.
If another order of seizure has been issued for the monetary claim subject to a seizure, if the enforcement court that has issued the order of seizure is to implement distribution or payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 109 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 161, paragraph (7) or pursuant to the provisions of Article 166, paragraph (1), item (ii), the earlier enforcement court transfers its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the enforcement court that has issued the order of seizure.
No appeal may be entered against an order under paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (4) or the preceding paragraph.
第一項、第二項、第四項又は前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
Article 167-11, paragraph (7)(配当等のための移行等)(Transfer for Purposes of Distribution)Changed
The provisions of Article 84, paragraphs (34) and (45), Article 88, Article 91 (excluding paragraph (1), items (vi) and (vii)), and Article 92, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (3) through (7), and Article 166, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of delivery of payment money implemented by a court clerk pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an order under paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (4) or paragraph (5), and the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an order under paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) has become effective, respectively. In this case, the term "order of seizure" in Article 166, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "disposition of seizure".
An enforcement court may, when it finds it to be reasonable by taking into consideration the contents of the monetary claim to be seized and any other circumstances, transfer its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court.
No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
Article 167-12, paragraph (3)
The provisions of Article 167-10, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an order under paragraph (1), and the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an order under paragraph (1) has become effective. In this case, the phrase "the petition for a disposition of seizure or the petition referred to in paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the petition for a disposition of seizure," and the phrase "the petition for an order of seizure or the petition for an order for realizing a claim" in the paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the petition for an order of seizure."