# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52)

- 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（配当要求の終期の変更） — address `art-52`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-52
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### 第五十二条（配当要求の終期の変更） — (Changing the Deadline for a Distribution Demand)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-52</sup>

      **第一項**  配当要求の終期から、三月以内に売却許可決定がされないとき、又は三月以内にされた売却許可決定が取り消され、若しくは効力を失つたときは、配当要求の終期は、その終期から三月を経過した日に変更されたものとみなす。ただし、配当要求の終期から三月以内にされた売却許可決定が効力を失つた場合において、第六十七条の規定による次順位買受けの申出について売却許可決定がされたとき（その決定が取り消され、又は効力を失つたときを除く。）は、この限りでない。
      <sup>art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-52/par-1</sup>
      If a ruling to permit a sale is not issued within three months from the deadline for a distribution demand or if a ruling to permit a sale that is issued within the three month period is revoked or ceases to be effective, the deadline for a distribution demand is deemed to have been changed to the day after the expiration of three months following the deadline; provided, however, that this does not apply if a ruling to permit a sale that is issued within three months from the deadline for when a distribution demand ceased to be effective and ruling to permit the sale has been issued for the next-highest offer under Article 67 (excluding cases where the order has been revoked or has ceased to be effective).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52/par-1: 第六十七条 → 民事執行法 第六十七条 (Article 67), art-67 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-67

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## 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