# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73) - 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73)（超過売却となる場合の措置） — address `art-73` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条（超過売却となる場合の措置） — (Measures in Cases of Becoming an Excess Sale) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73 **第一項** 数個の不動産を売却した場合において、あるものの買受けの申出の額で各債権者の債権及び執行費用の全部を弁済することができる見込みがあるときは、執行裁判所は、他の不動産についての売却許可決定を留保しなければならない。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-1 If multiple pieces of immovable property are being sold and it is expected to be possible to fully pay the claims and enforcement costs of the obligees with the purchase offer price of some of the pieces of property, the enforcement court must withhold the ruling to permit the sale of the remaining pieces of property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、その買受けの申出の額で各債権者の債権及び執行費用の全部を弁済することができる見込みがある不動産が数個あるときは、執行裁判所は、売却の許可をすべき不動産について、あらかじめ、債務者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-2 In the cases of the preceding paragraph, if it is expected to be possible to fully perform the claims and enforcement costs of the respective obligees with the purchase offer price of any of several pieces of property, the enforcement court must hear the opinion of the obligor in advance regarding the pieces of immovable property for which a sale should be permitted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により売却許可決定が留保された不動産の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。 art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-3 The highest bidder or the next highest bidder for whom a ruling to permit a sale has been withheld pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may rescind their purchase offer to the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 売却許可決定のあつた不動産について代金が納付されたときは、執行裁判所は、前項の不動産に係る強制競売の手続を取り消さなければならない。 art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-4 When the price has been paid for immovable property for which a ruling to permit a sale has been issued, the enforcement court must cancel the proceedings for the compulsory auction involving the immovable property referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-73/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-1 - art-73/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-1 - art-73/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第七十三条第三項 (Article 73, paragraph (3)), art-73/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第七十三条第二項（超過売却となる場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-2 - 民事執行法 第七十三条第三項（超過売却となる場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-3 - 民事執行法 第七十三条第四項（超過売却となる場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-73/par-4 --- ## 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