# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5011-2/art-3`
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### 第三条（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Collection of a Monetary Claim by an Attaching Obligee, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る金銭債権を差し押さえた債権者がその債権を取り立てることができるようになるための期間については、新民事執行法第百五十五条第二項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to the period after which an obligee who has seized a monetary claim relating to a civil enforcement case for which a petition was filed before the Effective Date becomes able to collect that claim, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 155, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
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**第二項**  施行日前に第一条の規定による改正前の民事執行法第百五十五条第一項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定により差押債権者が金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなった場合における新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定の適用については、同条第五項中「第一項の規定により金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなつた日（」とあるのは「民事執行法及び国際的な子の奪取の民事上の側面に関する条約の実施に関する法律の一部を改正する法律（令和元年法律第二号。以下「民事執行法等一部改正法」という。）の施行の日（同日以降に」と、同条第六項中「第一項の規定により金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなつた日」とあるのは「民事執行法等一部改正法の施行の日」とする。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 155, paragraphs (5) through (8) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules; the same applies below in this paragraph) in the case where, before the Effective Date, an attaching obligee has become able to collect a monetary claim under Article 155, paragraph (1) of the Civil Enforcement Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules), the phrase "the date when it is permitted to collect a monetary claim pursuant to paragraph (1) (" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Execution Act and the Act for Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Act No. 2 of 2019; hereinafter referred to as the 'Civil Enforcement Act, etc. Partial Amendment Act') comes into effect (on or after that date," and the phrase "the date when it is permitted to collect a monetary claim pursuant to paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the Civil Enforcement Act, etc. Partial Amendment Act comes into effect."
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**第三項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る新民事執行法第百五十九条第一項又は第百六十一条第一項（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定による決定の効力については、新民事執行法第百五十九条第六項及び第百六十一条第五項（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3</sup>
Regarding the effect of an order under Article 159, paragraph (1) or Article 161, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where these apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules) in a civil enforcement case petitioned for before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 159, paragraph (6) and Article 161, paragraph (5) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where these apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
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**第四項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る配当又は弁済金の交付を実施すべき時期については、新民事執行法第百六十六条第三項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4</sup>
Regarding the time at which distribution or payment is to be implemented in a civil enforcement case petitioned for before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 166, paragraph (3) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where it applies mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by its rules).
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## Cites
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第二項 (Article 155, paragraph (2)), art-155/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-2
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第五項 (Article 155, paragraph (5)), art-155/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-5
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第六項 (Article 155, paragraph (6)), art-155/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-6
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第七項 (Article 155, paragraph (7)), art-155/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-7
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第八項 (Article 155, paragraph (8)), art-155/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-8
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: この項 → 民事執行法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第一項 (Article 155, paragraph (1)), art-155/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 新民事執行法第百五十九条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 第百六十一条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条第一項 (Article 161, paragraph (1)), art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 新民事執行法第百五十九条第六項 → 民事執行法 第百五十九条第六項 (Article 159, paragraph (6)), art-159/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-6
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 第百六十一条第五項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条第五項 (Article 161, paragraph (5)), art-161/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-5
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4: 新民事執行法第百六十六条第三項 → 民事執行法 第百六十六条第三項 (Article 166, paragraph (3)), art-166/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-3

## Cited by

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- 民事執行法 附則第三条第二項（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/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-20261019T093630-009, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-010, 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
