# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百十五条 (Article 115) - Law: 民事執行法 (Civil Enforcement Act), 昭和五十四年法律第四号 - English title "Civil Enforcement 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: 第百十五条 (Article 115)（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — address `art-115` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — (Order to Deliver the Ship's Papers Before the Filing of a Petition for Vessel Enforcement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115 **第一項** 船舶執行の申立て前に船舶国籍証書等を取り上げなければ船舶執行が著しく困難となるおそれがあるときは、その船舶の船籍の所在地（船籍のない船舶にあつては、最高裁判所の指定する地）を管轄する地方裁判所は、申立てにより、債務者に対し、船舶国籍証書等を執行官に引き渡すべき旨を命ずることができる。急迫の事情があるときは、船舶の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所も、この命令を発することができる。 art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-1 If it is likely that vessel enforcement will become extremely difficult unless the ship's papers are confiscated before the filing of a petition for vessel enforcement, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the vessel's registry (or, for a vessel without registry, the place designated by the Supreme Court) may, upon petition, order the obligor to deliver the ship's papers to a court enforcement officer. If there are pressing circumstances, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the vessel may also issue this order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による裁判は、口頭弁論を経ないですることができる。 art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-2 The court may render a judicial decision under the preceding paragraph without hearing oral arguments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立てをするには、執行力のある債務名義の正本を提示し、かつ、同項に規定する事由を疎明しなければならない。 art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-3 To file the petition referred to in paragraph (1), a petitioner must present an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation and make a prima facie showing of the grounds prescribed in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行官は、船舶国籍証書等の引渡しを受けた日から五日以内に債権者が船舶執行の申立てをしたことを証する文書を提出しないときは、その船舶国籍証書等を債務者に返還しなければならない。 art-115/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-4 If the obligee fails to submit a document proving that the obligee has filed a petition for vessel enforcement within five days from the day on which the court enforcement officer received delivery of the ship's papers, the court enforcement officer must return the ship's papers to the obligor. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一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-115/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-5 An immediate appeal may be filed against an order under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。 art-115/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-6 The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第五十五条第八項から第十項までの規定は、第一項の規定による決定について準用する。 art-115/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-7 The provisions of Article 55, paragraphs (8) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis to an order under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-115/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-1 - art-115/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-1 - art-115/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-1 - art-115/par-6: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百十五条第五項 (Article 115, paragraph (5)), art-115/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-5 - art-115/par-7: 第五十五条第八項から第十項まで → 民事執行法 第五十五条第十項 (Article 55, paragraph (10)), art-55/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-10 - art-115/par-7: 第五十五条第八項から第十項まで → 民事執行法 第五十五条第八項 (Article 55, paragraph (8)), art-55/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-8 - art-115/par-7: 第五十五条第八項から第十項まで → 民事執行法 第五十五条第九項 (Article 55, paragraph (9)), art-55/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-9 - art-115/par-7: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百十五条第二項（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百十五条第三項（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百十五条第五項（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百十五条第六項（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百十五条第七項（船舶執行の申立て前の船舶国籍証書等の引渡命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-115/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-115/par-7 - 民事執行法 第百八十九条第一項（船舶の競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-189/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事執行法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/354AC0000000004/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-003, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 民事執行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19