# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — as amended, not yet in force

- 昭和五十四年法律第四号 · Act
- English title "Civil Enforcement Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-12-05 (On the day Act No. 56 of 2025 (譲渡担保契約及び所有権留保契約に関する法律) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-06-12 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20271205_507AC0000000057)
- URL (this text's page): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text
- The text in force: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act

This law's whole text runs past 200 KB as Markdown, so its twin here is its table of
contents. Each page of the law below has a twin of its own, at that page's path under /md,
with the same rules: the Japanese and the English of every provision, the source of each
English line, and every provision's address and URLs. Only the Japanese as published by the
government has legal effect.

One provision as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/art-1

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## 本則 (the main text)

- 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions · art-1 to art-21-2 · 96 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-1/from-art-1
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第一条から第十五条の二まで — Articles 1 to 15-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-1/from-art-1
  - 第十六条から第二十一条の二まで — Articles 16 to 21-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-1/from-art-16
- 第二章　強制執行 — Chapter II Judicial Enforcement
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第一節　総則 — Section 1 General Provisions · art-22 to art-42 · 131 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-22
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十二条から第二十六条まで — Articles 22 to 26 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-22
    - 第二十七条から第三十三条まで — Articles 27 to 33 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-27
    - 第三十四条から第四十二条まで — Articles 34 to 42 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-34
  - 第二節　金銭の支払を目的とする債権についての強制執行 — Section 2 Judicial Enforcement of Claims for Payment of Money · art-43 to art-167-17 · 746 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-43
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第四十三条から第五十四条まで — Articles 43 to 54 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-43
    - 第五十五条から第六十二条まで — Articles 55 to 62 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-55
    - 第六十三条から第六十八条の二まで — Articles 63 to 68-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-63
    - 第六十八条の三から第七十七条まで — Articles 68-3 to 77 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-68-3
    - 第七十八条から第八十六条の二まで — Articles 78 to 86-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-78
    - 第八十七条から第九十三条の四まで — Articles 87 to 93-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-87
    - 第九十四条から第百十四条まで — Articles 94 to 114 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-94
    - 第百十五条から第百二十七条まで — Articles 115 to 127 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-115
    - 第百二十八条から第百四十四条まで — Articles 128 to 144 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-128
    - 第百四十五条から第百五十六条まで — Articles 145 to 156 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-145
    - 第百五十七条から第百六十六条まで — Articles 157 to 166 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-157
    - 第百六十七条から第百六十七条の十まで — Articles 167 to 167-10 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-167
    - 第百六十七条の十一から第百六十七条の十七まで — Articles 167-11 to 167-17 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-2/from-art-167-11
  - 第三節　金銭の支払を目的としない請求権についての強制執行 — Section 3 Judicial Enforcement of Claims that Are Not for Payment of Money · art-168 to art-178-to-179 · 80 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-3/from-art-168
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで — Articles 168 to 171 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-3/from-art-168
    - 第百七十二条から第百七十九条まで — Articles 172 to 179 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-2/sec-3/from-art-172
- 第三章　担保権の実行としての競売等 — Chapter III Auctioning Property as a Means of Enforcing a Security Interest · art-180 to art-195 · 67 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-3/from-art-180
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第百八十条から第百八十六条まで — Articles 180 to 186 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-3/from-art-180
  - 第百八十七条から第百九十五条まで — Articles 187 to 195 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-3/from-art-187
- 第四章　債務者の財産状況の調査 — Chapter IV Investigation of Obligor's Financial Status · art-196 to art-211 · 97 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-4/from-art-196
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第百九十六条から第二百四条まで — Articles 196 to 204 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-4/from-art-196
  - 第二百五条から第二百十一条まで — Articles 205 to 211 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-4/from-art-205
- 第五章　罰則 — Chapter V Penal Provisions · art-212 to art-215 · 19 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-5 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/ch-5
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)

This text's page draws only the 附則 and 別表 the amendment changes; each one's twin below is the whole of it.

- 附　則 · 35 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-3541-4
- 附　則 平成元年一二月二二日法律第九一号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4011-91
- 附　則 平成七年五月一二日法律第九一号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4071-91
- 附　則 平成八年六月二六日法律第一〇八号 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4081-108
- 附　則 平成八年六月二六日法律第一一〇号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4081-110
- 附　則 平成一〇年一〇月一六日法律第一二八号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4101-128
- 附　則 平成一二年一一月二九日法律第一三〇号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4121-130
- 附　則 平成一四年六月一二日法律第六五号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4141-65
- 附　則 平成一四年七月三一日法律第一〇〇号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4141-100
- 附　則 平成一五年八月一日法律第一三四号 · 17 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4151-134
- 附　則 平成一五年八月一日法律第一三八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4151-138
- 附　則 平成一六年五月一二日法律第四五号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-45
- 附　則 平成一六年六月九日法律第八八号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-88
- 附　則 平成一六年六月一八日法律第一二四号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-124
- 附　則 平成一六年一二月一日法律第一四七号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-147
- 附　則 平成一六年一二月三日法律第一五二号 · 20 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-152
- 附　則 平成一六年一二月三日法律第一五四号 · 9 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-154
- 附　則 平成一六年一二月一〇日法律第一六五号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4161-165
- 附　則 平成一七年七月二六日法律第八七号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4171-87
- 附　則 平成一七年一〇月二一日法律第一〇二号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4171-102
- 附　則 平成一九年六月二七日法律第九五号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4191-95
- 附　則 平成二三年五月二五日法律第五三号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4231-53
- 附　則 平成二三年六月二四日法律第七四号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4231-74
- 附　則 平成二五年一二月一一日法律第九六号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4251-96
- 附　則 平成二九年六月二日法律第四五号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4291-45
- 附　則 平成三〇年四月二五日法律第二〇号 · 6 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4301-20
- 附　則 平成三〇年五月二五日法律第二九号 · 9 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-4301-29
- 附　則 令和元年五月一七日法律第二号 · 22 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5011-2
- 附　則 令和四年五月二五日法律第四八号 · 13 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5041-48
- 附　則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5041-68
- 附　則 令和五年四月二八日法律第一五号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5051-15
- 附　則 令和五年四月二八日法律第一六号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5051-16
- 附　則 令和五年四月二八日法律第一七号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5051-17
- 附　則 令和五年六月一四日法律第五三号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5051-53
- 附　則 令和六年五月二四日法律第三三号 · 10 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5061-33
- 附　則 令和七年六月六日法律第五七号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/suppl-5071-57
- 別表第一 （第二十条関係） · 1 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/appdx-1
- 別表第二 （第二十一条の二関係） · 1 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/civil-enforcement-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/appdx-2

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