# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の十三 (Article 167-13)

- 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: 第百六十七条の十三 (Article 167-13)（総則規定の適用関係） — address `art-167-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13
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### 第百六十七条の十三（総則規定の適用関係） — (Application of the General Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-167-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13</sup>

      **第一項**  少額訴訟債権執行についての第一章及び第二章第一節の規定の適用については、第十三条第一項中「執行裁判所でする手続」とあるのは「第百六十七条の二第二項に規定する少額訴訟債権執行の手続」と、第十六条第一項中「執行裁判所」とあるのは「裁判所書記官」と、第十七条中「執行裁判所の行う民事執行」とあるのは「第百六十七条の二第二項に規定する少額訴訟債権執行」と、第四十条第一項中「執行裁判所又は執行官」とあるのは「裁判所書記官」と、第四十二条第四項中「執行裁判所の裁判所書記官」とあるのは「裁判所書記官」とする。
      <sup>art-167-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13/par-1</sup>
      To apply the provisions of Chapter I and Chapter II, Section 1 to enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action, the phrase "proceedings that take place in the enforcement court" in Article 13, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "proceedings for enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action prescribed in Article 167-2, paragraph (2)", the term "enforcement court" in Article 16, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "court clerk", the phrase "civil enforcement carried out by an enforcement court" in Article 17 is deemed to be replaced with "enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action prescribed in Article 167-2, paragraph (2)", the phrase "the enforcement court or court enforcement officer" in Article 40, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk", and the phrase "a court clerk of the enforcement court" in Article 42, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "a court clerk".
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-167-13/par-1: 第十三条第一項 → 民事執行法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-1
- art-167-13/par-1: 第百六十七条の二第二項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第二項 (Article 167-2, paragraph (2)), art-167-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-2
- art-167-13/par-1: 第十六条第一項 → 民事執行法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-1
- art-167-13/par-1: 第十七条 → 民事執行法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-17
- art-167-13/par-1: 第四十条第一項 → 民事執行法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-40/par-1
- art-167-13/par-1: 第四十二条第四項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-004, 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