# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（子の引渡しの強制執行に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5011-2/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4
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### 第四条（子の引渡しの強制執行に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Judicial Enforcement for the Handover of a Child
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条までの規定は、施行日前に申し立てられた子の引渡しを目的とする請求権についての強制執行の事件については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 174 through 176 of the New Civil Enforcement Act do not apply to a case of judicial enforcement, petitioned for before the Effective Date, of a claim for the handover of a child.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十四条 (Article 174), art-174 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十五条 (Article 175), art-175 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-175 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-175
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-176

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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, 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