# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百十四条 (Article 414) - 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: 第四百十四条 (Article 414)（履行の強制） — address `art-414` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414 - 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. --- ### 第四百十四条（履行の強制） — (Compelling Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-414 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414 **第一項** 債務者が任意に債務の履行をしないときは、債権者は、民事執行法その他強制執行の手続に関する法令の規定に従い、直接強制、代替執行、間接強制その他の方法による履行の強制を裁判所に請求することができる。ただし、債務の性質がこれを許さないときは、この限りでない。 art-414/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414/par-1 If an obligor voluntarily fails to perform an obligation, the obligee may request the court to enforce the obligor to perform through methods such as direct enforcement, enforcement by substitution, or indirect enforcement, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act and other laws and regulations concerning the procedure for enforcement; provided, however, that this does not apply if the nature of the obligation does not permit the enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、損害賠償の請求を妨げない。 art-414/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude claiming damages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-414/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百十四条第一項 (Article 414, paragraph (1)), art-414/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百十四条第二項（履行の強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-414/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-414/par-2 --- ## 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