# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（執行官等の職務の執行の確保） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（執行官等の職務の執行の確保） — (Ensuring the Performance of Duties by Court Enforcement Officers or Civil Enforcement Official) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6 **第一項** 執行官は、職務の執行に際し抵抗を受けるときは、その抵抗を排除するために、威力を用い、又は警察上の援助を求めることができる。ただし、第六十四条の二第五項（第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に基づく職務の執行については、この限りでない。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6/par-1 If a court enforcement officer faces resistance when performing their duties, then they may use force or request police assistance to eliminate the resistance; provided, however, that this does not apply to performance of duties based on the provisions of Article 64-2, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行官以外の者で執行裁判所の命令により民事執行に関する職務を行うものは、職務の執行に際し抵抗を受けるときは、執行官に対し、援助を求めることができる。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6/par-2 A person other than a court enforcement officer who performs duties related to civil enforcement at the order of an enforcement court may request assistance from a court enforcement officer if they face resistance when performing their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-1: 第六十四条の二第五項 → 民事執行法 第六十四条の二第五項 (Article 64-2, paragraph (5)), art-64-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-64-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-64-2/par-5 - art-6/par-1: 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 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第七条第一項（立会人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-7/par-1 - 民事執行法 第五十八条第三項（評価） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-58/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第六項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百七十五条第八項（執行官の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-175/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-175/par-8 --- ## 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