# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百二十四条 (Article 124)

- 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: 第百二十四条 (Article 124)（債務者以外の者の占有する動産の差押え） — address `art-124`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-124
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-124
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### 第百二十四条（債務者以外の者の占有する動産の差押え） — (Seizure of Movables Possessed by a Person Other than the Obligor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-124</sup>

    **第一項**  前条第一項及び第三項から第五項までの規定は、債権者又は提出を拒まない第三者の占有する動産の差押えについて準用する。
    <sup>art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-124/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraphs (3) through (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a seizure of movables possessed by an obligee or a third party who does not refuse to submit it.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-124/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第一項 (Article 123, paragraph (1)), art-123/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-1
- art-124/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第三項 (Article 123, paragraph (3)), art-123/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-3
- art-124/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第四項 (Article 123, paragraph (4)), art-123/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-4
- art-124/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第五項 (Article 123, paragraph (5)), art-123/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-5

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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