# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百五十二条 (Article 152)

- 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: 第百五十二条 (Article 152)（差押禁止債権） — address `art-152`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152
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### 第百五十二条（差押禁止債権） — (Seizure-Prohibited Claim)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152</sup>

      **第一項**  次に掲げる債権については、その支払期に受けるべき給付の四分の三に相当する部分（その額が標準的な世帯の必要生計費を勘案して政令で定める額を超えるときは、政令で定める額に相当する部分）は、差し押さえてはならない。
      <sup>art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-1</sup>
      In the case of either of the following claims, the portion equivalent to three-quarters of the performance to be received when the claim is due (or, if the amount exceeds the amount specified by a Cabinet Order by taking into account an average household's necessary living expenses, the portion equivalent to the amount specified by a Cabinet Order) must not be seized:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  債務者が国及び地方公共団体以外の者から生計を維持するために支給を受ける継続的給付に係る債権
        <sup>art-152/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-1/item-1</sup>
        a claim related to continuous performance that the obligor receives from a person other than the State or a local government for maintaining the obligor's daily living; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a claim related to continuous performance that the obligor receives from a person other than the State or local public entity for maintaining the obligor's daily living; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb</sup>

        **二**  給料、賃金、俸給、退職年金及び賞与並びにこれらの性質を有する給与に係る債権
        <sup>art-152/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-1/item-2</sup>
        a claim related to a compensation, wage, salary, retirement pension, bonus or any remuneration similar in nature.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  退職手当及びその性質を有する給与に係る債権については、その給付の四分の三に相当する部分は、差し押さえてはならない。
      <sup>art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-2</sup>
      In the case of a claim related to a retirement allowance or any remuneration similar in nature, the portion equivalent to three-quarters of its performance must not be seized.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  債権者が前条第一項各号に掲げる義務に係る金銭債権（金銭の支払を目的とする債権をいう。以下同じ。）を請求する場合における前二項の規定の適用については、前二項中「四分の三」とあるのは、「二分の一」とする。
      <sup>art-152/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-3</sup>
      To apply the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs in the case of enforcing a monetary claim (meaning a claim for payment of money; the same applies below) related to any of the duties stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the term "three-quarters" in the preceding two paragraphs is deemed to be replaced with "a half."
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-152/par-3: 前条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百五十一条の二第一項 (Article 151-2, paragraph (1)), art-151-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-151-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-151-2/par-1
- art-152/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百五十二条第一項 (Article 152, paragraph (1)), art-152/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-1
- art-152/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百五十二条第二項 (Article 152, paragraph (2)), art-152/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第百五十二条第三項（差押禁止債権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-152/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-152/par-3
- 民事執行法 第百五十三条第一項（差押禁止債権の範囲の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-153/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百五十五条第二項（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百五十九条第六項（転付命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-6
- 民事執行法 第百六十一条第五項（譲渡命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-5
- 民事執行法 第百六十六条第三項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-3
- 民事執行法 第百六十七条の八第一項（差押禁止債権の範囲の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-8/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十四第一項（債権執行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-14/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百九十三条第二項（債権及びその他の財産権についての担保権の実行の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-193/par-2
- 民事執行法 附則第十二条第一項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権を請求する場合における差押禁止債権に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4151-134/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4151-134/art-12/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 152, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
