# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46. 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: 仲裁法 (Arbitration Act), 平成十五年法律第百三十八号 - English title "Arbitration Act": 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（仲裁判断の執行決定） — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条（仲裁判断の執行決定） — (Enforceability Order of Arbitral Award) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46 **第一項** 仲裁判断に基づいて民事執行をしようとする当事者は、債務者を被申立人として、裁判所に対し、執行決定（仲裁判断に基づく民事執行を許す旨の決定をいう。以下同じ。）を求める申立てをすることができる。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 A party that intends to process a civil enforcement based on an arbitral award may file a petition with the court for an enforceability order (meaning an order allowing the civil enforcement based on an arbitral award; the same applies hereinafter), designating the obligor as the respondent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てをするときは、仲裁判断書の写し、当該写しの内容が仲裁判断書と同一であることを証明する文書及び仲裁判断書（日本語で作成されたものを除く。以下この項において同じ。）の日本語による翻訳文を提出しなければならない。ただし、裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、被申立人の意見を聴いて、仲裁判断書の全部又は一部について日本語による翻訳文を提出することを要しないものとすることができる。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-2 In filing the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the party must submit a copy of the written arbitral award, a document proving that the content of the copy is the same as that of the written arbitral award, and a Japanese translation of the written arbitral award (excluding one prepared in Japanese; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); provided, however, that if the court finds it appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the respondent the court may decide not to require the submission of the Japanese translation of the whole or part of the written arbitral award. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In filing the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the party must submit a copy of the written arbitral award, a document proving that the content of the copy are the same as that of the written arbitral award, and a Japanese translation of the written arbitral award (excluding one prepared in Japanese; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); provided, however, that if the court finds it appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the respondent the court may decide not to require the submission of the Japanese translation of the whole or part of the written arbitral award." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb **第三項** 第一項の申立てを受けた裁判所は、前条第二項第七号に規定する裁判機関に対して仲裁判断の取消し又はその効力の停止を求める申立てがあった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、第一項の申立てに係る手続を中止することができる。この場合において、裁判所は、同項の申立てをした者の申立てにより、被申立人に対し、担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-3 If a petition for setting aside the arbitral award or suspending its effect is filed with the judicial body provided for in the preceding Article, paragraph (2), item (vii) and the court with which the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is filed finds it necessary to do so, the court may suspend the procedure related to the petition referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, the court may order the respondent to provide security, upon the petition of the person that filed the petition referred to in the paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てに係る事件は、第五条第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、次に掲げる裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2), the case subject to the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the following courts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五条第一項各号に掲げる裁判所 art-46/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4/item-1 the courts set forth in the items of Article 5, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 請求の目的又は差し押さえることができる被申立人の財産の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 art-46/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4/item-2 the district court which has jurisdiction over the location of the subject matter of the claim or the seizable property of the respondent; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 東京地方裁判所及び大阪地方裁判所（仲裁地、被申立人の普通裁判籍の所在地又は請求の目的若しくは差し押さえることができる被申立人の財産の所在地が日本国内にある場合に限る。） art-46/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4/item-3 the Tokyo District Court and the Osaka District Court (limited to the cases in which the place of arbitration, the location of the general venue of the respondent, or the location of the subject matter of the claim or the seizable property of the respondent is in Japan). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の申立てに係る事件についての第五条第四項又は第五項の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-5 An immediate appeal may be filed against the decision under Article 5, paragraph (4) or (5) with regard to a case related to the petition referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判所は、次項又は第八項の規定により第一項の申立てを却下する場合を除き、執行決定をしなければならない。 art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-6 The court is required to make an enforceability order, except the case in which it dismisses the petition referred to in paragraph (1) without prejudice pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph or paragraph (8). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 裁判所は、第一項の申立てがあった場合において、前条第二項各号に掲げる事由のいずれかがあると認める場合（同項第一号から第七号までに掲げる事由にあっては、被申立人が当該事由の存在を証明した場合に限る。）に限り、当該申立てを却下することができる。 art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-7 If the petition referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed, the court may dismiss the petition without prejudice only when it finds that any of the grounds stated in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article exist (for the grounds stated in items (i) through (vii) of that paragraph, limited to the case in which the respondent has proved the existence of the grounds). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前条第三項の規定は、同条第二項第五号に掲げる事由がある場合における前項の規定の適用について準用する。 art-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-8 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph if the grounds stated in the Article, paragraph (2), item (v) exist. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 第四十四条第四項及び第七項の規定は、第一項の申立てについての決定について準用する。 art-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-9 The provisions of Article 44, paragraphs (4) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the decision concerning the petition referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-2: この項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第二項 (Article 46, paragraph (2)), art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-2 - art-46/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 前条第二項第七号 → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第七号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (vii)), art-45/par-2/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-7 - art-46/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-4: 第五条第一項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1 - art-46/par-4: 第二項 → 仲裁法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-2 - art-46/par-4/item-1: 第五条第一項 → 仲裁法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-1 - art-46/par-5: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-5: 第五条第四項 → 仲裁法 第五条第四項 (Article 5, paragraph (4)), art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-4 - art-46/par-5: 第五項 → 仲裁法 第五条第五項 (Article 5, paragraph (5)), art-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-5/par-5 - art-46/par-6: 次項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第七項 (Article 46, paragraph (7)), art-46/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-7 - art-46/par-6: 第八項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第八項 (Article 46, paragraph (8)), art-46/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-8 - art-46/par-6: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-7: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-7: 前条第二項 → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第一号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-45/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-1 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第二号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-45/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-2 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第三号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-45/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-3 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第四号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-45/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-4 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第五号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-45/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-5 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第六号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-45/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-6 - art-46/par-7: 同項第一号から第七号まで → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第七号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (vii)), art-45/par-2/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-7 - art-46/par-8: 前条第三項 → 仲裁法 第四十五条第三項 (Article 45, paragraph (3)), art-45/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-3 - art-46/par-8: 同条第二項第五号 → 仲裁法 第四十五条第二項第五号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-45/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-2/item-5 - art-46/par-8: 前項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第七項 (Article 46, paragraph (7)), art-46/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-7 - art-46/par-9: 第四十四条第四項 → 仲裁法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-44/par-4 - art-46/par-9: 第七項 → 仲裁法 第四十四条第七項 (Article 44, paragraph (7)), art-44/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-44/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-44/par-7 - art-46/par-9: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第四十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-44/par-2 - 仲裁法 第四十五条第一項（仲裁判断の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-45/par-1 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第二項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-2 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第三項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-3 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第四項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-4 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第五項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-5 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第六項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-6 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第七項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-7 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第八項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-8 - 仲裁法 第四十六条第九項（仲裁判断の執行決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-46/par-9 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第三項（仲裁手続に関して裁判所が行う手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-3 - 仲裁法 附則第二条第四項（仲裁手続に関して裁判所が行う手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-5051-15/art-2/par-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-02 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 仲裁法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act (仲裁法), Article 46, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01