# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十二条 (Article 12)

- 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（取消決定等に対する執行抗告） — address `art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第十二条（取消決定等に対する執行抗告） — (Appealing a Ruling to Cancel a Procedure)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  民事執行の手続を取り消す旨の決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。民事執行の手続を取り消す執行官の処分に対する執行異議の申立てを却下する裁判又は執行官に民事執行の手続の取消しを命ずる決定に対しても、同様とする。
<sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-12/par-1</sup>
An appeal may be filed against a ruling to void a civil enforcement procedure. This also applies to a judicial decision denying an objection to a court enforcement officer's measure voiding a civil enforcement procedure and to a ruling ordering a court enforcement officer to cancel a civil enforcement procedure.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により執行抗告をすることができる裁判は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。
<sup>art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-12/par-2</sup>
A judicial decision against which an appeal may be filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not take effect until it becomes final and binding.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-12/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-12/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第十二条第二項（取消決定等に対する執行抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-12/par-2
- 民事執行法 第四十条第二項（執行処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-40/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百十七条第四項（保証の提供による強制競売の手続の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-117/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-117/par-4
- 民事執行法 第百八十三条第三項（不動産担保権の実行の手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-183/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-183/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
