# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41) - 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（債務者が死亡した場合の強制執行の続行） — address `art-41` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41 - 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. --- ### 第四十一条（債務者が死亡した場合の強制執行の続行） — (Continuation of Judicial Enforcement If the Obligor Has Died) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41 **第一項** 強制執行は、その開始後に債務者が死亡した場合においても、続行することができる。 art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-1 Judicial enforcement may be continued even if the obligor died after its commencement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、債務者の相続人の存在又はその所在が明らかでないときは、執行裁判所は、申立てにより、相続財産又は相続人のために、特別代理人を選任することができる。 art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-2 In the cases of the preceding paragraph, if existence of an heir to the obligor or the whereabouts of this person is unknown, the enforcement court may, upon petition, appoint a special representative for the inherited property or heir. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 民事訴訟法第三十五条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の特別代理人について準用する。 art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-3 The provisions of Article 35, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the special representative referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-41/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-1 - art-41/par-3: 民事訴訟法第三十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十五条第二項 (Article 35, paragraph (2)), art-35/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35/par-2 - art-41/par-3: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十五条第三項 (Article 35, paragraph (3)), art-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-35/par-3 - art-41/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第四十一条第二項（債務者が死亡した場合の強制執行の続行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-2 - 民事執行法 第四十一条第三項（債務者が死亡した場合の強制執行の続行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-41/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百九十四条第一項（担保権の実行についての強制執行の総則規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-194/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