# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（執行裁判所） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（執行裁判所） — (Enforcement Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44 **第一項** 不動産執行については、その所在地（前条第二項の規定により不動産とみなされるものにあつては、その登記をすべき地）を管轄する地方裁判所が、執行裁判所として管轄する。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-1 The district court having jurisdiction over the relevant location (or, for what is regarded to be immovable property pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the place where it is to be registered) has jurisdiction over enforcement against immovable property as the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 建物が数個の地方裁判所の管轄区域にまたがつて存在する場合には、その建物に対する強制執行については建物の存する土地の所在地を管轄する各地方裁判所が、その土地に対する強制執行については土地の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所又は建物に対する強制執行の申立てを受けた地方裁判所が、執行裁判所として管轄する。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-2 If a building exists over multiple jurisdictional districts of district courts, any of the district courts having jurisdiction in the locality of the land on which that building exists have jurisdiction over judicial enforcement against that building as the enforcement court, and the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the relevant land or the district court that has received a petition for judicial enforcement against the building has jurisdiction over judicial enforcement against the land on which that building exists as the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、執行裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、事件を他の管轄裁判所に移送することができる。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-3 In the cases of the preceding paragraph, the enforcement court may, when it finds it to be necessary, transfer the case to another court with jurisdiction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 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-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-4 No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 前条第二項 → 民事執行法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-43/par-2 - art-44/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十四条第三項 (Article 44, paragraph (3)), art-44/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第四十四条第三項（執行裁判所） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-3 - 民事執行法 第四十四条第四項（執行裁判所） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百八十八条第一項（不動産執行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188/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