# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の十五 (Article 167-15) - 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: 第百六十七条の十五 (Article 167-15)（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — address `art-167-15` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15 - 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. --- ### 第百六十七条の十五（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — (Indirect Judicial Enforcement for a Monetary Claim Related to Duty to Support) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-167-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15 **第一項** 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についての強制執行は、前各款の規定により行うほか、債権者の申立てがあるときは、執行裁判所が第百七十二条第一項に規定する方法により行う。ただし、債務者が、支払能力を欠くためにその金銭債権に係る債務を弁済することができないとき、又はその債務を弁済することによつてその生活が著しく窮迫するときは、この限りでない。 art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 Judicial enforcement for a monetary claim related to any of the duties stated in the items of Article 151-2, paragraph (1) is carried out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Subsections, and also, when a petition has been filed by the obligee, is carried out by the enforcement court by the method prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply when the obligor is unable to perform the obligation related to that monetary claim due to a lack of the ability to pay or when the obligor is to fall into extreme poverty through performance of the obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により同項に規定する金銭債権について第百七十二条第一項に規定する方法により強制執行を行う場合において、債務者が債権者に支払うべき金銭の額を定めるに当たつては、執行裁判所は、債務不履行により債権者が受けるべき不利益並びに債務者の資力及び従前の債務の履行の態様を特に考慮しなければならない。 art-167-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-2 In the case of carrying out judicial enforcement for the monetary claim prescribed in the preceding paragraph pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph by the method prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1), the enforcement court must, when determining the amount of money to be paid by the obligor to the obligee, particularly take into account the disadvantages to be incurred by the obligee through default of the obligation and the financial resources of the obligor and the mode of their performance of the obligation in the past. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 事情の変更があつたときは、執行裁判所は、債務者の申立てにより、その申立てがあつた時（その申立てがあつた後に事情の変更があつたときは、その事情の変更があつた時）までさかのぼつて、第一項の規定による決定を取り消すことができる。 art-167-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-3 When there has been a change in circumstances, an enforcement court may, upon petition by the obligor, set aside an order under paragraph (1) retroactively as of the time when that petition is filed (or, if there is a change in circumstances after that petition is filed, the time of the change in circumstances). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の申立てがあつたときは、執行裁判所は、その裁判が効力を生ずるまでの間、担保を立てさせ、又は立てさせないで、第一項の規定による決定の執行の停止を命ずることができる。 art-167-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-4 When the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, an enforcement court may order a stay of enforcement for an order under paragraph (1) until a judicial decision on the petition becomes effective, while either requiring or not requiring security to be provided. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-167-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-5 No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第百七十二条第二項から第五項までの規定は第一項の場合について、同条第三項及び第五項の規定は第三項の場合について、第百七十三条第二項の規定は第一項の執行裁判所について準用する。 art-167-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-6 The provisions of Article 172, paragraph (2) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in paragraph (1), the provisions of paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in paragraph (3), and the provisions of Article 173, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement court referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-167-15/par-1: 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 - art-167-15/par-1: 第百七十二条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-167-15/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第一項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (1)), art-167-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 - art-167-15/par-2: 第百七十二条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-167-15/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第一項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (1)), art-167-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 - art-167-15/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第三項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (3)), art-167-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-3 - art-167-15/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第一項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (1)), art-167-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 - art-167-15/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第四項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (4)), art-167-15/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-4 - art-167-15/par-6: 第百七十二条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第二項 (Article 172, paragraph (2)), art-172/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-2 - art-167-15/par-6: 第百七十二条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第三項 (Article 172, paragraph (3)), art-172/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-3 - art-167-15/par-6: 第百七十二条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第四項 (Article 172, paragraph (4)), art-172/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-4 - art-167-15/par-6: 第百七十二条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第五項 (Article 172, paragraph (5)), art-172/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-5 - art-167-15/par-6: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第一項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (1)), art-167-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 - art-167-15/par-6: 第三項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第三項 (Article 167-15, paragraph (3)), art-167-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-3 - art-167-15/par-6: 第百七十三条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十三条第二項 (Article 173, paragraph (2)), art-173/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第二項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第三項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第四項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第五項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第六項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十六第一項（扶養義務等に係る定期金債権を請求する場合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-16/par-1 --- ## 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