# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十六条 (Article 166) - 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: 第百六十六条 (Article 166)（配当等の実施） — address `art-166` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166 - 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. --- ### 第百六十六条（配当等の実施） — (Implementation of Distribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-166 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166 **第一項** 執行裁判所は、第百六十一条第七項において準用する第百九条に規定する場合のほか、次に掲げる場合には、配当等を実施しなければならない。 art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-1 An enforcement court must implement distribution or payment in any of the following cases, in addition to the cases prescribed in Article 109 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 161, paragraph (7): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで又は第百五十七条第五項の規定による供託がされた場合 art-166/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-1/item-1 cases where a statutory deposit is made under Article 156, paragraph (1) through (3) or Article 157, paragraph (5); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 売却命令による売却がされた場合 art-166/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-1/item-2 cases where a sale is carried out based on a sale order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第百六十三条第二項の規定により売得金が提出された場合 art-166/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-1/item-3 cases where proceeds were submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 163, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八十四条から第八十六条まで及び第八十八条から第九十二条までの規定は、前項の規定により執行裁判所が実施する配当等の手続について準用する。 art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-2 The provisions of Articles 84 through 86 and Articles 88 through 92 apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of distribution or payment to be implemented by an enforcement court pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 差し押さえられた債権が第百五十二条第一項各号に掲げる債権又は同条第二項に規定する債権である場合（差押債権者（数人あるときは、そのうち少なくとも一人以上）の債権に第百五十一条の二第一項各号に掲げる義務に係る金銭債権が含まれているときを除く。）には、債務者に対して差押命令が送達された日から四週間を経過するまでは、配当等を実施してはならない。 art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-3 If a seized claim is a claim stated in the items of Article 152, paragraph (1) or a claim under paragraph (2) of the Article (excluding cases where a monetary claim related to the obligations stated in the items of Article 151-2, paragraph (1) is included in claims of the attaching obligee (at least one person where they are several persons)), distribution or payment must not be implemented until four weeks have passed from the date when the order of seizure is served to the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-166/par-1: 第百六十一条第七項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条第七項 (Article 161, paragraph (7)), art-161/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-7 - art-166/par-1: 第百九条 → 民事執行法 第百九条 (Article 109), art-109 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-109 - art-166/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-1 - art-166/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第二項 (Article 156, paragraph (2)), art-156/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-2 - art-166/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第三項 (Article 156, paragraph (3)), art-156/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-3 - art-166/par-1/item-1: 第百五十七条第五項 → 民事執行法 第百五十七条第五項 (Article 157, paragraph (5)), art-157/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-157/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-157/par-5 - art-166/par-1/item-3: 第百六十三条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百六十三条第二項 (Article 163, paragraph (2)), art-163/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-163/par-2 - art-166/par-2: 第八十四条から第八十六条まで → 民事執行法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-84 - art-166/par-2: 第八十四条から第八十六条まで → 民事執行法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-85 - art-166/par-2: 第八十四条から第八十六条まで → 民事執行法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-86 - art-166/par-2: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 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-166/par-2: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-89 - art-166/par-2: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十条 (Article 90), art-90 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-90 - art-166/par-2: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91 - art-166/par-2: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十二条 (Article 92), art-92 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-92 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92 - art-166/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十六条第一項 (Article 166, paragraph (1)), art-166/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-1 - art-166/par-3: 第百五十二条第一項 → 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-166/par-3: 同条第二項 → 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 - art-166/par-3: 第百五十一条の二第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百六十六条第二項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十一第五項（配当等のための移行等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-11/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十一第七項（配当等のための移行等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-11/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-11/par-7 - 民事執行法 附則第三条第四項（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 --- ## 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