# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百十六条 (Article 116)

- 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: 第百十六条 (Article 116)（保管人の選任等） — address `art-116`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116
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### 第百十六条（保管人の選任等） — (Appointment of a Custodian)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116</sup>

    **第一項**  執行裁判所は、差押債権者の申立てにより、必要があると認めるときは、強制競売の開始決定がされた船舶について保管人を選任することができる。
    <sup>art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-1</sup>
    Upon petition by the attaching obligee, an enforcement court may, if the court finds it to be necessary, appoint a custodian for the vessel for which an order commencing compulsory-auction proceedings has been issued.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の保管人が船舶の保管のために要した費用（第四項において準用する第百一条第一項の報酬を含む。）は、手続費用とする。
    <sup>art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-2</sup>
    The expenses required by the custodian referred to in the preceding paragraph for retaining the vessel (including the remuneration referred to in Article 101, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4)) are procedural expenses.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  第一項の申立てについての決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
    <sup>art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-3</sup>
    An appeal may be filed against an order issued regarding the petition referred to in paragraph (1).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  第九十四条第二項、第九十六条及び第九十九条から第百三条までの規定は、第一項の保管人について準用する。
    <sup>art-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-4</sup>
    The provisions of Article 94, paragraph (2), Article 96 and Articles 99 through 103 apply mutatis mutandis to the custodian referred to in paragraph (1).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-116/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-1
- art-116/par-2: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第百十六条第四項 (Article 116, paragraph (4)), art-116/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-4
- art-116/par-2: 第百一条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-101/par-1
- art-116/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-1
- art-116/par-4: 第九十四条第二項 → 民事執行法 第九十四条第二項 (Article 94, paragraph (2)), art-94/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-94/par-2
- art-116/par-4: 第九十六条 → 民事執行法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96
- art-116/par-4: 第九十九条から第百三条まで → 民事執行法 第百条 (Article 100), art-100 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-100
- art-116/par-4: 第九十九条から第百三条まで → 民事執行法 第百一条 (Article 101), art-101 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-101
- art-116/par-4: 第九十九条から第百三条まで → 民事執行法 第百二条 (Article 102), art-102 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-102
- art-116/par-4: 第九十九条から第百三条まで → 民事執行法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-103
- art-116/par-4: 第九十九条から第百三条まで → 民事執行法 第九十九条 (Article 99), art-99 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-99
- art-116/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 第百十六条第二項（保管人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百十六条第三項（保管人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-3
- 民事執行法 第百十六条第四項（保管人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-4
- 民事執行法 第百六十二条第三項（船舶の引渡請求権の差押命令の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-162/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-162/par-3

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 204 — 民事執行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
