# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十一条の二 (Article 161-2)

- 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: 第百六十一条の二 (Article 161-2)（供託命令） — address `art-161-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2
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### 第百六十一条の二（供託命令） — (Statutory Deposit Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2</sup>

      **第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに掲げる場合には、執行裁判所は、差押債権者の申立てにより、差押えに係る金銭債権の全額に相当する金銭を債務の履行地の供託所に供託すべきことを第三債務者に命ずる命令（以下この条及び第百六十七条の十において「供託命令」という。）を発することができる。
      <sup>art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-1</sup>
      In the cases falling under either of the following items, an enforcement court may, upon petition by an attaching obligee effecting a seizure, order a third party obligor to make a statutory deposit of money equivalent to the total amount of the claim subject to the seizure to an official depository at the place of performance of the obligation (in this Article and Article 167-10 referred to as a "statutory deposit order" below):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  差押債権者又はその法定代理人の住所又は氏名について第二十条において準用する民事訴訟法第百三十三条第一項の決定がされたとき。
        <sup>art-161-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
        if a decision specified in Article 133, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure applicable mutatis mutandis under Article 20 has been made regarding the domicile or name of the attaching obligee effecting a seizure or the obligee's statutory agent; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  債務名義に民事訴訟法第百三十三条第五項（他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により定められた差押債権者又はその法定代理人の住所又は氏名に代わる事項が表示されているとき。
        <sup>art-161-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
        if the matters in lieu of the domicile or name of the attaching obligee effecting a seizure or the obligee's statutory agent specified pursuant to the provisions of Article 133, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts) are indicated in a title of obligation.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  供託命令は、第三債務者に送達しなければならない。
      <sup>art-161-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-2</sup>
      A statutory deposit order must be served upon the third party obligor.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  第一項の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。
      <sup>art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-3</sup>
      An appeal may be filed against an order to deny the petition stated in paragraph (1).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  供託命令に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
      <sup>art-161-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-4</sup>
      No appeal may be entered against a statutory deposit order.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-161-2/par-1: この条 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条の二 (Article 161-2), art-161-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2
- art-161-2/par-1: 第百六十七条の十 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十 (Article 167-10), art-167-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-10
- art-161-2/par-1/item-1: 第二十条 → 民事執行法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20
- art-161-2/par-1/item-1: 民事訴訟法第百三十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第一項 (Article 133, paragraph (1)), art-133/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-1
- art-161-2/par-1/item-2: 民事訴訟法第百三十三条第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条第五項 (Article 133, paragraph (5)), art-133/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133/par-5
- art-161-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条の二第一項 (Article 161-2, paragraph (1)), art-161-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第百五十六条第一項（第三債務者の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百五十六条第三項（第三債務者の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-3
- 民事執行法 第百六十一条の二第一項（供託命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百六十一条の二第三項（供託命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161-2/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