# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の四 (Article 167-4) - 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: 第百六十七条の四 (Article 167-4)（裁判所書記官の執行処分の効力等） — address `art-167-4` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十七条の四（裁判所書記官の執行処分の効力等） — (Effect of Court Clerks' Enforcement Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-167-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4 **第一項** 少額訴訟債権執行の手続において裁判所書記官が行う執行処分は、特別の定めがある場合を除き、相当と認める方法で告知することによつて、その効力を生ずる。 art-167-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-1 An enforcement measure that a court clerk takes in the procedure for enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action becomes effective by notice of that measure being given by a method found to be reasonable, except as otherwise provided for. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する裁判所書記官が行う執行処分に対しては、執行裁判所に執行異議を申し立てることができる。 art-167-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-2 A person may file an objection with the enforcement court to an enforcement measure that a court clerk takes which is provided for in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第十条第六項前段及び第九項の規定は、前項の規定による執行異議の申立てがあつた場合について準用する。 art-167-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-3 The provisions of the first sentence of Article 10, paragraph (6) and Article 10, paragraph (9) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an objection to an enforcement measure under the preceding paragraph has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-167-4/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の四第一項 (Article 167-4, paragraph (1)), art-167-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-1 - art-167-4/par-3: 第十条第六項 → 民事執行法 第十条第六項 (Article 10, paragraph (6)), art-10/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-10/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-10/par-6 - art-167-4/par-3: 第九項 → 民事執行法 第十条第九項 (Article 10, paragraph (9)), art-10/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-10/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-10/par-9 - art-167-4/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の四第二項 (Article 167-4, paragraph (2)), art-167-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の四第二項（裁判所書記官の執行処分の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の四第三項（裁判所書記官の執行処分の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-4/par-3 --- ## 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