# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2) - 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: 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2)（相手方を特定しないで発する売却のための保全処分等） — address `art-55-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の二（相手方を特定しないで発する売却のための保全処分等） — (Provisional Order for Sale Issued Without Identifying the Other Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2 **第一項** 前条第一項第二号又は第三号に掲げる保全処分又は公示保全処分を命ずる決定については、当該決定の執行前に相手方を特定することを困難とする特別の事情があるときは、執行裁判所は、相手方を特定しないで、これを発することができる。 art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-1 The enforcement court may issue an ruling establishing the provisional order stated in paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding Article or the provisional order to post a public notice stated in those items without identifying the other person if there are special circumstances that make it difficult to identify the other person before the ruling being carried out. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による決定の執行は、不動産の占有を解く際にその占有者を特定することができない場合は、することができない。 art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-2 A ruling under the preceding paragraph may not be carried out if it is not possible to identify the possessor of the immovable property at the time it is removed from their possession. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による決定の執行がされたときは、当該執行によつて不動産の占有を解かれた者が、当該決定の相手方となる。 art-55-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-3 Once a ruling under paragraph (1) is carried out, the person who has had the immovable property removed from their possession through that the carrying out of the ruling becomes the other person to the ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による決定は、前条第八項の期間内にその執行がされなかつたときは、相手方に対して送達することを要しない。この場合において、第十五条第二項において準用する民事訴訟法第七十九条第一項の規定による担保の取消しの決定で前条第四項の規定により立てさせた担保に係るものは、執行裁判所が相当と認める方法で申立人に告知することによつて、その効力を生ずる。 art-55-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-4 A ruling under paragraph (1) is not required to be served upon the other person if it is not enforced within the period referred to in paragraph (8) of the preceding Article. In this case, a ruling to void the security under Article 79, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (2), which concerns the security that a person is made to provide pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, becomes effective through notification of the petitioner by a means that the enforcement court finds to be reasonable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55-2/par-1: 前条第一項第二号 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項第二号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-55/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1/item-2 - art-55-2/par-1: 第三号 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項第三号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-55/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1/item-3 - art-55-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-1 - art-55-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-1 - art-55-2/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第一項 (Article 55-2, paragraph (1)), art-55-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-1 - art-55-2/par-4: 前条第八項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第八項 (Article 55, paragraph (8)), art-55/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-8 - art-55-2/par-4: 第十五条第二項 → 民事執行法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-15/par-2 - art-55-2/par-4: 民事訴訟法第七十九条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-79/par-1 - art-55-2/par-4: 前条第四項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第四項 (Article 55, paragraph (4)), art-55/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第二項（相手方を特定しないで発する売却のための保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-2 - 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第三項（相手方を特定しないで発する売却のための保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-3 - 民事執行法 第五十五条の二第四項（相手方を特定しないで発する売却のための保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55-2/par-4 - 民事執行法 第六十八条の二第四項（買受けの申出をした差押債権者のための保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-68-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-68-2/par-4 - 民事執行法 第七十七条第二項（最高価買受申出人又は買受人のための保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百八十七条第五項（担保不動産競売の開始決定前の保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-187/par-5 --- ## 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