# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4081-108` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4081-108 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4081-108 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成八年六月二六日法律第一〇八号 suppl-4081-108 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4081-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4081-108 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4081-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4081-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4081-108/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4081-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4081-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4081-108/par-2 With regard to civil enforcement cases for which a petition was filed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第五項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後の民事執行法第五十五条、第七十七条、第八十三条及び第百八十七条の二の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、これらの規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4081-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4081-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4081-108/par-5 With a view to the passage of five years after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to, taking into consideration the state of enforcement of the provisions of Articles 55, 77, 83 and 187-2 of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by this Act, examine those provisions when it finds it necessary, and take necessary measures based on the results. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4081-108/par-5: 民事執行法第五十五条 → 民事執行法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55 - suppl-4081-108/par-5: 第七十七条 → 民事執行法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77 - suppl-4081-108/par-5: 第八十三条 → 民事執行法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-83 --- ## 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-20261019T093630-006, 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