# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十四条 (Article 14) - 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（費用の予納等） — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十四条（費用の予納等） — (Prepayment of Expenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14 **第一項** 執行裁判所に対し民事執行の申立てをするときは、申立人は、民事執行の手続に必要な費用として裁判所書記官の定める金額を予納しなければならない。予納した費用が不足する場合において、裁判所書記官が相当の期間を定めてその不足する費用の予納を命じたときも、同様とする。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-1 When filing a petition for civil enforcement with the enforcement court, the petitioner must prepay the amount that the court clerk establishes as the expenses needed for civil enforcement proceedings. The same applies if the expenses that the person has prepaid will be insufficient and the court clerk specifies a reasonable period of time and orders the person to prepay the insufficient funds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分に対しては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内に、執行裁判所に異議を申し立てることができる。 art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-2 The petitioner may file an objection with the enforcement court against the court clerk's disposition under the preceding paragraph within an inalterable period of one week from the day on which the petitioner is informed of those measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-3 A court clerk's disposition under paragraph (1) is not effective until it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 申立人が費用を予納しないときは、執行裁判所は、民事執行の申立てを却下し、又は民事執行の手続を取り消すことができる。 art-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-4 If a petitioner fails to prepay expenses, the enforcement court may deny the petition for civil enforcement or cancel the civil enforcement procedure. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定により申立てを却下する決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。 art-14/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-5 The petitioner may appeal a ruling denying a petition pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-14/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-1 - art-14/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-1 - art-14/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十四条第四項 (Article 14, paragraph (4)), art-14/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十四条第二項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-2 - 民事執行法 第十四条第三項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-3 - 民事執行法 第十四条第五項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-14/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-14/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の六第一項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-6/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の六第二項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-6/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の六第三項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-6/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の六第五項（費用の予納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-6/par-5 --- ## 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