# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) - 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（二重開始決定） — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条（二重開始決定） — (Overlapped Commencement Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47 **第一項** 強制競売又は担保権の実行としての競売（以下この節において「競売」という。）の開始決定がされた不動産について強制競売の申立てがあつたときは、執行裁判所は、更に強制競売の開始決定をするものとする。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-1 If a person files a petition for a compulsory auction of immovable property for which an order commencing compulsory auction proceedings or the auctioning of property as a means of enforcing a security interest (referred to as an "auction" in this Section) has been issued, the enforcement court is to issue another order commencing compulsory auction proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 先の開始決定に係る強制競売若しくは競売の申立てが取り下げられたとき、又は先の開始決定に係る強制競売若しくは競売の手続が取り消されたときは、執行裁判所は、後の強制競売の開始決定に基づいて手続を続行しなければならない。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-2 If a petition for a compulsory auction or auction connected with a previous commencement order is withdrawn or if the proceedings for the compulsory auction or auction connected with a previous commencement order are canceled, the enforcement court must continue the proceedings based on the subsequent commencing compulsory auction proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、後の強制競売の開始決定が配当要求の終期後の申立てに係るものであるときは、裁判所書記官は、新たに配当要求の終期を定めなければならない。この場合において、既に第五十条第一項（第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の届出をした者に対しては、第四十九条第二項の規定による催告は、要しない。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-3 In the cases of the preceding paragraph, if the subsequent commencing compulsory auction proceedings are connected with a petition that is filed after the deadline for a distribution demand, the court clerk must set a new deadline for a distribution demand. In this case, it is not required to demand a notification under Article 49, paragraph (2) from any person who has already filed a proof as referred to in Article 50, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分に対しては、執行裁判所に異議を申し立てることができる。 art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-4 A person may file an objection with the enforcement court to a court clerk's disposition under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第十条第六項前段及び第九項の規定は、前項の規定による異議の申立てがあつた場合について準用する。 art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-5 The provisions of the first sentence of Article 10, paragraph (6) and Article 10, paragraph (9) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an objection under the preceding paragraph has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 先の開始決定に係る強制競売又は競売の手続が停止されたときは、執行裁判所は、申立てにより、後の強制競売の開始決定（配当要求の終期までにされた申立てに係るものに限る。）に基づいて手続を続行する旨の裁判をすることができる。ただし、先の開始決定に係る強制競売又は競売の手続が取り消されたとすれば、第六十二条第一項第二号に掲げる事項について変更が生ずるときは、この限りでない。 art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-6 If the proceedings for a compulsory auction or auction connected with a previous commencement order are stayed, the enforcement court, upon petition, may make a judicial decision to continue the proceedings based on subsequent commencing compulsory-auction proceedings (limited to one resulting from a petition filed no later than the deadline for a distribution demand); provided, however, that this does not apply if the cancellation of the proceedings connected with the previous order would change the matter stated in Article 62, paragraph (1), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の申立てを却下する決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。 art-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-7 An appeal may be filed against an order to deny the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-2 - art-47/par-3: 第五十条第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-50/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188 - art-47/par-3: 第四十九条第二項 → 民事執行法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-49/par-2 - art-47/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-3 - art-47/par-5: 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-47/par-5: 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-47/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十七条第四項 (Article 47, paragraph (4)), art-47/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-4 - art-47/par-6: 第六十二条第一項第二号 → 民事執行法 第六十二条第一項第二号 (Article 62, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-62/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-62/par-1/item-2 - art-47/par-7: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十七条第六項 (Article 47, paragraph (6)), art-47/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-6 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第四十七条第三項（二重開始決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-3 - 民事執行法 第四十七条第四項（二重開始決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-4 - 民事執行法 第四十七条第五項（二重開始決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-5 - 民事執行法 第四十七条第七項（二重開始決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-7 - 民事執行法 第六十三条第一項（剰余を生ずる見込みのない場合等の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-63/par-1 - 民事執行法 第八十七条第三項（配当等を受けるべき債権者の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-87/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百十一条第一項（強制競売の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-111/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