# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（強制執行をすることができる者の範囲） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（強制執行をすることができる者の範囲） — (Scope of a Person for or Against Whom Judicial Enforcement May Be Carried Out) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23 **第一項** 執行証書以外の債務名義による強制執行は、次に掲げる者に対し、又はその者のためにすることができる。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1 Judicial enforcement that is based on a title of obligation other than a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement may be carried out for or against any of the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務名義に表示された当事者 art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-1 a party indicated in the title of obligation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務名義に表示された当事者が他人のために当事者となつた場合のその他人 art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-2 a person on whose behalf the party indicated in the title of obligation became the party, if applicable; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる者の債務名義成立後の承継人（前条第一号、第二号又は第六号に掲げる債務名義にあつては口頭弁論終結後の承継人、同条第三号の二に掲げる債務名義又は同条第七号に掲げる債務名義のうち損害賠償命令に係るものにあつては審理終結後の承継人） art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-3 a person who became the successor of the person stated in one of the preceding two items after the establishment of the title of obligation (or a successor arising after the conclusion of oral arguments, for a title of obligation stated in item (i), item (ii) or item (vi) of the preceding Article; or a successor arising after the conclusion of the proceedings, for a title of obligation stated in item (iii)-2 of that Article or for a title of obligation stated in item (vii) of that Article that concerns an order for damages). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行証書による強制執行は、執行証書に表示された当事者又は執行証書作成後のその承継人に対し、若しくはこれらの者のためにすることができる。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-2 Judicial enforcement based on a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement may be carried out for or against a party indicated in the instrument or a person who became the successor of that person after the preparation of the instrument. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する債務名義による強制執行は、同項各号に掲げる者のために請求の目的物を所持する者に対しても、することができる。 art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-3 Judicial enforcement based on a title of obligation provided for in paragraph (1) may also be carried out against a person possessing the subject matter of the claim on behalf of a person stated in one of the items of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 民事執行法 第二十三条第一項第一号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-23/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-1 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 民事執行法 第二十三条第一項第二号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-23/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-2 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 前条第一号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第一号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-22/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-1 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 第二号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-22/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-2 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 第六号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-22/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 同条第三号の二 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-22/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 - art-23/par-1/item-3: 同条第七号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第七号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-22/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-7 - art-23/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十三条第一項第三号（強制執行をすることができる者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/par-1/item-3 - 民事執行法 第二十三条第三項（強制執行をすることができる者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-23/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