# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百三十九条 (Article 139) - 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: 第百三十九条 (Article 139)（執行官による配当等の実施） — address `art-139` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139 - 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. --- ### 第百三十九条（執行官による配当等の実施） — (Implementation of Distribution by a Court Enforcement Officer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139 **第一項** 債権者が一人である場合又は債権者が二人以上であつて売得金、差押金銭若しくは手形等の支払金（以下「売得金等」という。）で各債権者の債権及び執行費用の全部を弁済することができる場合には、執行官は、債権者に弁済金を交付し、剰余金を債務者に交付する。 art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-1 If there is only one obligee, or if there are two or more obligees but it is possible to fully satisfy the claims and enforcement costs of each of the obligees out of the sale proceeds, monies seized, or payments against negotiable instruments (referred to as the "enforcement proceeds" below), the court enforcement officer delivers payment money to the obligees and delivers any surplus to the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合を除き、売得金等の配当について債権者間に協議が調つたときは、執行官は、その協議に従い配当を実施する。 art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-2 Except in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if an agreement is reached among the obligees regarding distribution of the enforcement proceeds, a court enforcement officer implements distribution in accordance with the agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の協議が調わないときは、執行官は、その事情を執行裁判所に届け出なければならない。 art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-3 If the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached, a court enforcement officer must notify the enforcement court of the circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第八十四条第三項及び第四項並びに第八十八条の規定は、第一項又は第二項の規定により配当等を実施する場合について準用する。 art-139/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-4 The provisions of Article 84, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 88 apply mutatis mutandis to the case of implementing distribution or payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-139/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-1 - art-139/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百三十九条第二項 (Article 139, paragraph (2)), art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-2 - art-139/par-4: 第八十四条第三項 → 民事執行法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-84/par-3 - art-139/par-4: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第八十四条第四項 (Article 84, paragraph (4)), art-84/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-84/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-84/par-4 - art-139/par-4: 第八十八条 → 民事執行法 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-88 - art-139/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-1 - art-139/par-4: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百三十九条第二項 (Article 139, paragraph (2)), art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百三十九条第二項（執行官による配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百三十九条第三項（執行官による配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百三十九条第四項（執行官による配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-139/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-139/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百四十一条第一項（執行官の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-141/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百四十二条第一項（執行裁判所による配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-142/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