# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（代金の納付） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（代金の納付） — (Payment of the Fee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78 **第一項** 売却許可決定が確定したときは、買受人は、裁判所書記官の定める期限までに代金を執行裁判所に納付しなければならない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-1 When a ruling to permit a sale becomes final and binding, the purchaser must pay the price to the enforcement court by the time limit specified by the court clerk. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a ruling to permit a sale becomes final and binding, the purchaser must pay the fee to the enforcement court by the time limit specified by the court clerk." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb **第二項** 買受人が買受けの申出の保証として提供した金銭及び前条第一項の規定により納付した金銭は、代金に充てる。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-2 The money provided by the purchaser as a purchase offer guarantee and the money paid by them pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are allotted to the payment of the price. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The money provided by the purchaser as a purchase offer guarantee and the money paid by their pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are allotted to the payment of the fee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb **第三項** 買受人が第六十三条第二項第一号又は第六十八条の二第二項の保証を金銭の納付以外の方法で提供しているときは、執行裁判所は、最高裁判所規則で定めるところによりこれを換価し、その換価代金から換価に要した費用を控除したものを代金に充てる。この場合において、換価に要した費用は、買受人の負担とする。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-3 If the purchaser has provided the guarantee referred to in Article 63, paragraph (2), item (i) or Article 68-2, paragraph (2) by a method other than payment of money, the enforcement court conducts realization of what has been provided as the guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, and allot the amount obtained by deducting the expenses required for the realization from the realization value to the payment of the price. In this case, the expenses required for the realization are borne by the purchaser. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the purchaser has provided the guarantee referred to in Article 63, paragraph (2), item (i) or Article 68-2, paragraph (2) by a method other than payment of money, the enforcement court conducts realization of what has been provided as the guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, and allot the amount obtained by deducting the expenses required for the realization from the realization value to the payment of the fee. In this case, the expenses required for the realization are borne by the purchaser." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb **第四項** 買受人は、売却代金から配当又は弁済を受けるべき債権者であるときは、売却許可決定が確定するまでに執行裁判所に申し出て、配当又は弁済を受けるべき額を差し引いて代金を配当期日又は弁済金の交付の日に納付することができる。ただし、配当期日において、買受人の受けるべき配当の額について異議の申出があつたときは、買受人は、当該配当期日から一週間以内に、異議に係る部分に相当する金銭を納付しなければならない。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-4 If the purchaser is an obligee who is to receive a distribution or payment from the proceeds of the sale, the purchaser may, by making a request to the enforcement court by the time the order permitting the sale becomes final and binding, pay the sales price on the distribution date or the day of delivery of payment, after deducting the amount to be received as a distribution or payment; provided, however, that if an opposition has been filed on the distribution date regarding the amount of distribution to be received by the purchaser, the purchaser must pay, within one week from that distribution date, money equivalent to the portion pertaining to the opposition. machine translation, not official **第五項** 裁判所書記官は、特に必要があると認めるときは、第一項の期限を変更することができる。 art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-5 The court clerk may change the time limit under paragraph (1) if the clerk finds it to be particularly necessary. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第一項又は前項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分に対しては、執行裁判所に異議を申し立てることができる。 art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-6 A person may file an objection with the enforcement court to a court clerk's disposition under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第十条第六項前段及び第九項の規定は、前項の規定による異議の申立てがあつた場合について準用する。 art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-7 The provisions of the first sentence of Article 10, paragraph (6) and Article 10, paragraph (9) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an objection under the preceding paragraph has been filed. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-78/par-2: 前条第一項 → 民事執行法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77/par-1 - art-78/par-3: 第六十三条第二項第一号 → 民事執行法 第六十三条第二項第一号 (Article 63, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-63/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-63/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-63/par-2/item-1 - art-78/par-3: 第六十八条の二第二項 → 民事執行法 第六十八条の二第二項 (Article 68-2, paragraph (2)), art-68-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-68-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-68-2/par-2 - art-78/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-6: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-6: 前項 → 民事執行法 第七十八条第五項 (Article 78, paragraph (5)), art-78/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-5 - art-78/par-7: 第十条第六項 → 民事執行法 第十条第六項 (Article 10, paragraph (6)), art-10/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-10/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-10/par-6 - art-78/par-7: 第九項 → 民事執行法 第十条第九項 (Article 10, paragraph (9)), art-10/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-10/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-10/par-9 - art-78/par-7: 前項 → 民事執行法 第七十八条第六項 (Article 78, paragraph (6)), art-78/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-6 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第七十八条第五項（代金の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-5 - 民事執行法 第七十八条第六項（代金の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-6 - 民事執行法 第七十八条第七項（代金の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-78/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-78/par-7 - 民事執行法 第八十六条の二第三項（売却代金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-86-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-86-2/par-3 - 民事執行法 第九十条第六項（配当異議の訴え等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-90/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-90/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百十七条第五項（保証の提供による強制競売の手続の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-117/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-117/par-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 78, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 78, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 78, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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