# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72)

- 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — address `art-72`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72
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### 第七十二条（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — (Measures for When a Judicial Decision to Stay Enforcement Has Been Submitted After Sale Procedures Have Finished Being Implemented)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72</sup>

      **第一項**  売却の実施の終了から売却決定期日の終了までの間に第三十九条第一項第七号に掲げる文書の提出があつた場合には、執行裁判所は、他の事由により売却不許可決定をするときを除き、売却決定期日を開くことができない。この場合においては、最高価買受申出人又は次順位買受申出人は、執行裁判所に対し、買受けの申出を取り消すことができる。
      <sup>art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-1</sup>
      If a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii) has been submitted during the period from when the implementation of a sale has ended until the date for the ruling on the sale ends, the enforcement court may not hold the date for the ruling on the sale, unless it will issue an order not permitting the sale based on different grounds. In this case, the highest bidder or the next highest bidder may make a filing with the enforcement court rescinding their purchase offer.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **第二項**  売却決定期日の終了後に前項に規定する文書の提出があつた場合には、その期日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、又はその期日にされた売却不許可決定が確定したときに限り、第三十九条の規定を適用する。
      <sup>art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-2</sup>
      If a document prescribed in the preceding paragraph has been submitted after the date for the ruling on the sale has ended, the provisions of Article 39 apply only if the order permitting the sale made on that date has been set aside or has ceased to be effective, or the order not permitting the sale made on that date has become final and binding.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **第三項**  売却の実施の終了後に第三十九条第一項第八号に掲げる文書の提出があつた場合には、その売却に係る売却許可決定が取り消され、若しくは効力を失つたとき、又はその売却に係る売却不許可決定が確定したときに限り、同条の規定を適用する。
      <sup>art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-3</sup>
      If a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (viii) is submitted after the implementation of the sale has ended, the provisions of that Article apply only if the order permitting the sale in relation to that sale has been set aside or has ceased to be effective, or the order not permitting the sale in relation to that sale has become final and binding.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-72/par-1: 第三十九条第一項第七号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第七号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-39/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-7
- art-72/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-1
- art-72/par-2: 第三十九条 → 民事執行法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39
- art-72/par-3: 第三十九条第一項第八号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第八号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-39/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-8
- art-72/par-3: 同条 → 民事執行法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 第七十二条第二項（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-002, translated 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
