# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（保全処分に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-134/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4151-134/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4151-134/art-8
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### 第八条（保全処分に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Provisional Orders
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4151-134/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4151-134/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にされた第三条の規定による改正前の民事執行法（以下「旧民事執行法」という。）第五十五条第一項若しくは第二項、第六十八条の二第一項若しくは第七十七条第一項（これらの規定を旧民事執行法第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）又は旧民事執行法第百八十七条の二第一項若しくは第二項の申立てに係る事件については、第三条の規定による改正後の民事執行法の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-134/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4151-134/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4151-134/art-8/par-1</sup>
With regard to a case relating to a petition made before the Effective Date under Article 55, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 68-2, paragraph (1) or Article 77, paragraph (1) (including where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188 of the Former Civil Enforcement Act) of the Civil Enforcement Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Civil Enforcement Act"), or under Article 187-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Former Civil Enforcement Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261019T093630-006, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-007, 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