# 民法 / Civil Code — 第百四十八条 (Article 148) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": 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: 第百四十八条 (Article 148)（強制執行等による時効の完成猶予及び更新） — address `art-148` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四十八条（強制執行等による時効の完成猶予及び更新） — (Postponement of Expiration of Prescription Period and Renewal of Period of Prescription on the Ground of Enforcement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148 **第一項** 次に掲げる事由がある場合には、その事由が終了する（申立ての取下げ又は法律の規定に従わないことによる取消しによってその事由が終了した場合にあっては、その終了の時から六箇月を経過する）までの間は、時効は、完成しない。 art-148/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1 If any of the following grounds exists, the prescription period does not expire until those grounds cease to exist (or until six months after those grounds cease to exist, if they cease to exist due to the withdrawal of a petition or the rescission of a petition for failure to comply with the provisions of the law): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 強制執行 art-148/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1/item-1 judicial enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 担保権の実行 art-148/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1/item-2 enforcement of a security right; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 民事執行法（昭和五十四年法律第四号）第百九十五条に規定する担保権の実行としての競売の例による競売 art-148/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1/item-3 auction under the rules of an auction for the enforcement of a security right prescribed in Article 195 of the Civil Enforcement Act (Act No. 4 of 1979); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 民事執行法第百九十六条に規定する財産開示手続又は同法第二百四条に規定する第三者からの情報取得手続 art-148/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1/item-4 asset disclosure procedures prescribed in Article 196 of the Civil Enforcement Act or procedures for acquiring information from a third party prescribed in Article 204 of that Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、時効は、同項各号に掲げる事由が終了した時から新たにその進行を始める。ただし、申立ての取下げ又は法律の規定に従わないことによる取消しによってその事由が終了した場合は、この限りでない。 art-148/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time when the grounds stated in the items of that paragraph cease to exist; provided, however, that this does not apply if the grounds cease to exist due to the withdrawal of a petition or the revocation of a petition for the failure to comply with the provisions of the law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-148/par-1/item-3: 民事執行法（昭和五十四年法律第四号）第百九十五条 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — not held in this collection - art-148/par-1/item-4: 民事執行法第百九十六条 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第百九十六条 (Article 196), art-196 — not held in this collection - art-148/par-1/item-4: 同法第二百四条 → e-Gov law 354AC0000000004, 第二百四条 (Article 204), art-204 — not held in this collection - art-148/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第百四十八条第一項 (Article 148, paragraph (1)), art-148/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第百四十八条第二項（強制執行等による時効の完成猶予及び更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-148/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-148/par-2 - 民法 第百五十三条第一項（時効の完成猶予又は更新の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-153/par-1 - 民法 第百五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-154/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-154/par-1 - 民法 第百六十一条第一項（天災等による時効の完成猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-161/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11