①An enforcement court must commission the prefectural police having jurisdiction of the location of the enforcement court to conduct necessary investigation concerning whether or not the highest bidder (or officers if the person is a corporation; the same applies in this paragraph) falls under a current or former member of an organized crime group; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases, which the Rules of the Supreme Court provide, that there are circumstances which cause the enforcement court to find that the highest bidder does not fall under a current or former member of an organized crime group

②If an enforcement court finds that there is a person who makes the highest bidder make the purchase offer on the person's account, the enforcement court must commission the prefectural police having jurisdiction of the location of the enforcement court to conduct necessary investigation concerning whether or not the person who makes the offeror make the purchase offer (or officers if the person is a corporation; the same applies in this paragraph) falls under a current or former member of an organized crime group;.provided, however, that this does not apply to cases, which the Rules of the Supreme Court provide, that there are circumstances which cause the enforcement court to find that the person who makes the offeror make the purchase offer does not fall under a current or former member of an organized crime group

The enforcement court must hold the date for the ruling on the sale and announce whether to permit or not to permit the sale.

A person who has an interest in whether a sale of immovable property is permitted or not permitted may state their opinion, at the date for the ruling on the sale, regarding any of the grounds stated in the items of the following Article that affect their rights.

If an enforcement court finds there to be any of the following grounds, it must rule not to permit the sale:

①If a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii) has been submitted during the period from when the implementation of a sale has ended until the date for the ruling on the sale ends, the enforcement court may not hold the date for the ruling on the sale, unless it will issue an order not permitting the sale based on different grounds. In this case, the highest bidder or the next highest bidder may make a filing with the enforcement court rescinding their purchase offer.

②If a document prescribed in the preceding paragraph has been submitted after the date for the ruling on the sale has ended, the provisions of Article 39 apply only if the order permitting the sale made on that date has been set aside or has ceased to be effective, or the order not permitting the sale made on that date has become final and binding.

③If a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (viii) is submitted after the implementation of the sale has ended, the provisions of that Article apply only if the order permitting the sale in relation to that sale has been set aside or has ceased to be effective, or the order not permitting the sale in relation to that sale has become final and binding.

①If multiple pieces of immovable property are being sold and it is expected to be possible to fully pay the claims and enforcement costs of the obligees with the purchase offer price of some of the pieces of property, the enforcement court must withhold the ruling to permit the sale of the remaining pieces of property.

②In the cases of the preceding paragraph, if it is expected to be possible to fully perform the claims and enforcement costs of the respective obligees with the purchase offer price of any of several pieces of property, the enforcement court must hear the opinion of the obligor in advance regarding the pieces of immovable property for which a sale should be permitted.

③The highest bidder or the next highest bidder for whom a ruling to permit a sale has been withheld pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may rescind their purchase offer to the enforcement court.

④When the price has been paid for immovable property for which a ruling to permit a sale has been issued, the enforcement court must cancel the proceedings for the compulsory auction involving the immovable property referred to in the preceding paragraph.

①An appeal may be filed against a ruling to permit or not permit a sale, but only if the appellant asserts that the appellant's rights will be prejudiced by the ruling.

②The grounds for an appeal against a ruling to permit a sale must be that any of the grounds stated in the items of Article 71 exist or that there is a serious error in the proceedings for the ruling to permit the sale.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the grounds stated in the items of Article 338, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure may serve as the basis for an appeal against a ruling to permit or not permit a sale.

④A court of appeal may, if it finds it to be necessary, specify the opposite party of the appellant.

⑤A ruling to permit or not permit a sale does not take effect until it becomes final and binding.

①If, after the highest bidder or purchaser has made a purchase offer, the immovable property is damaged due to a natural disaster or other grounds not attributable to them, the highest bidder or purchaser may petition the enforcement court not to permit the sale, if it is before the issuance of a ruling to permit the sale, or may petition the enforcement court to set aside the ruling to permit the sale, if it is after that ruling has been issued but before the time the price is paid; provided, however, that this does not apply if the damage to the immovable property is slight.

②An appeal may be filed against a ruling on the petition to void the ruling permitting the sale under the preceding paragraph.

③A ruling to void a ruling permitting a sale based on a petition prescribed in the preceding paragraph does not take effect until it becomes final and binding.

①To withdraw a petition for a compulsory auction after a purchase offer has been made, the consent of the highest bidder or the purchaser and the next highest bidder must be obtained; provided, however, that this does not apply when there is any other attaching obligee (excluding an attaching obligee who filed a petition for a compulsory auction or an auction after the deadline for a distribution demand) and the withdrawal does not cause any change to the matter stated in Article 62, paragraph (1), item (ii).

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case of submitting a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (v) after a purchase offer has been made.

①If the obligor or the possessor of immovable property has value reduction, etc. (meaning engaging in an act that reduces the value of immovable property or makes it difficult to deliver; the same applies in this paragraph) or is likely to do so, the enforcement court, upon petition by the highest bidder or the purchaser, may establish the provisional order stated in any of the following items or the provisional order to post a public notice stated in any of those items, until the delivery order is carried out, while requiring payment of money equivalent to the purchase offer price (or the purchase offer price less the amount of the guarantee referred to in Article 66, if the person has provided that guarantee in the form of money) or payment of the price:

②The provisions of Article 55, paragraph (2) (limited to the portion related to item (i)) apply mutatis mutandis to the provisional order stated in item (ii) or item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (limited to the portion related to item (ii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the provisional order stated in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of paragraph (3), the main clause of paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) of that Article applies mutatis mutandis to an order under the preceding paragraph, the provisions of paragraph (6) of the Article apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to a judicial decision on the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph or the petition referred to in paragraph (5) of the Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph, the provisions of paragraph (7) of the Article apply mutatis mutandis to an order under paragraph (5) of the Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (8) and paragraph (9) of the Article and Article 55-2 apply mutatis mutandis to an order granting the provisional order stated in item (ii) or item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.

①When a ruling to permit a sale becomes final and binding, the purchaser must pay the price to the enforcement court by the time limit specified by the court clerk.

②The money provided by the purchaser as a purchase offer guarantee and the money paid by them pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are allotted to the payment of the price.

③If the purchaser has provided the guarantee referred to in Article 63, paragraph (2), item (i) or Article 68-2, paragraph (2) by a method other than payment of money, the enforcement court conducts realization of what has been provided as the guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, and allot the amount obtained by deducting the expenses required for the realization from the realization value to the payment of the price. In this case, the expenses required for the realization are borne by the purchaser.

④If the purchaser is an obligee who is to receive a distribution or payment from the proceeds of the sale, the purchaser may, by making a request to the enforcement court by the time the order permitting the sale becomes final and binding, pay the sales price on the distribution date or the day of delivery of payment, after deducting the amount to be received as a distribution or payment; provided, however, that if an opposition has been filed on the distribution date regarding the amount of distribution to be received by the purchaser, the purchaser must pay, within one week from that distribution date, money equivalent to the portion pertaining to the opposition.

⑤The court clerk may change the time limit under paragraph (1) if the clerk finds it to be particularly necessary.

⑥A person may file an objection with the enforcement court to a court clerk's disposition under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph.

⑦The provisions of the first sentence of Article 10, paragraph (6) and Article 10, paragraph (9) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an objection under the preceding paragraph has been filed.

A purchaser acquires immovable property at the time of payment of the price.