# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九編 (Part 9)

- Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号
- English title "Code of Civil Procedure": 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: 第九編 (Part 9) — address `pt-9`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046)
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## 第九編　執行停止 — Part IX Stays of Enforcement
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9</sup>

### 第四百三条（執行停止の裁判） — (Judicial Decision for a Stay of Enforcement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-403 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる場合には、裁判所は、申立てにより、決定で、担保を立てさせて、若しくは立てさせないで強制執行の一時の停止を命じ、又はこれとともに、担保を立てて強制執行の開始若しくは続行をすべき旨を命じ、若しくは担保を立てさせて既にした執行処分の取消しを命ずることができる。ただし、強制執行の開始又は続行をすべき旨の命令は、第三号から第六号までに掲げる場合に限り、することができる。
<sup>art-403/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1</sup>
In the following cases, the court, upon petition, may issue a ruling ordering a temporary stay of judicial enforcement, with or without requiring a person to provide security, and simultaneously ordering the provisions of security and the commencement or continuance of judicial enforcement, or simultaneously ordering a revocation of executive measures already taken while requiring a person to provide security; provided, however, that the court may only issue an order to commence or continue judicial enforcement in the cases stated in items (iii) through (vi):
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第三百二十七条第一項（第三百八十条第二項において準用する場合を含む。次条において同じ。）の上告又は再審の訴えの提起があった場合において、不服の理由として主張した事情が法律上理由があるとみえ、事実上の点につき疎明があり、かつ、執行により償うことができない損害が生ずるおそれがあることにつき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-1</sup>
  an appeal as referred to in Article 327, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 380, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following Article) or a demand for a retrial is filed, there appear to be legal grounds for the circumstances being alleged to be used as grounds for protest and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of a point of fact involving those circumstances, and the party makes a prima facie showing that enforcement risks causing damage that it would not be possible to compensate;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する上告の提起又は上告受理の申立てがあった場合において、原判決の破棄の原因となるべき事情及び執行により償うことができない損害を生ずるおそれがあることにつき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a final appeal or a petition to accept a final appeal is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of circumstances under which the judgment in prior instance would be reversed and a prima facie showing that enforcement risks causing damage that it would not be possible to compensate;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する控訴の提起又は仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に対する督促異議の申立て（次号の控訴の提起及び督促異議の申立てを除く。）があった場合において、原判決若しくは支払督促の取消し若しくは変更の原因となるべき事情がないとはいえないこと又は執行により著しい損害を生ずるおそれがあることにつき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-3</sup>
  an appeal to the court of second instance is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an objection is filed to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability (other than an appeal to the court of second instance and an objection to a demand as referred to in the following item), and the party makes a prima facie showing that it is impossible to assert that no circumstances exist that would constitute cause to reverse or change the judgment in the prior instance or the demand for payment, or makes a prima facie showing that enforcement risks causing substantial damage;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  手形又は小切手による金銭の支払の請求及びこれに附帯する法定利率による損害賠償の請求について、仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する控訴の提起又は仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に対する督促異議の申立てがあった場合において、原判決又は支払督促の取消し又は変更の原因となるべき事情につき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-4</sup>
  an appeal to the court of second instance is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an objection is filed to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, on a claim for the payment of money for a bill or note or for a check and any incidental claim for damages at the statutory interest rate, and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of circumstances that would constitute cause to reverse or change the judgment in the prior instance or the demand for payment;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an appeal to the court of second instance is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an objection is filed to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, on a claim for the payment of money for a bill or note or for a check and any on incidental claim for damages at the statutory interest rate, and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of circumstances that would constitute cause to reverse or change the judgment in the prior instance or the demand for payment;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb</sup>

  **五**  仮執行の宣言を付した手形訴訟若しくは小切手訴訟の判決に対する異議の申立て又は仮執行の宣言を付した少額訴訟の判決に対する異議の申立てがあった場合において、原判決の取消し又は変更の原因となるべき事情につき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-5</sup>
  an objection is filed against a judgment in an action on a bill or note or action on a check bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an objection is filed against a judgment in a small claims action bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of circumstances that would constitute cause to reverse or change the judgment in the prior instance;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  第百十七条第一項の訴えの提起があった場合において、変更のため主張した事情が法律上理由があるとみえ、かつ、事実上の点につき疎明があったとき。
  <sup>art-403/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-6</sup>
  an action as referred to in Article 117, paragraph (1) is filed, there appear to be legal grounds for the circumstances being alleged to be used for a modification, and the party makes a prima facie showing in respect of a point of fact involving those circumstances.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項に規定する申立てについての裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
<sup>art-403/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-2</sup>
No protest may be entered against a judicial decision on a petition prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
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### 第四百四条（原裁判所による裁判） — (Judicial Decision by the Court of Prior Instance)
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<sup>art-404 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-404</sup>

**第一項**  第三百二十七条第一項の上告の提起、仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する上告の提起若しくは上告受理の申立て又は仮執行の宣言を付した判決に対する控訴の提起があった場合において、訴訟記録が原裁判所に存するときは、その裁判所が、前条第一項に規定する申立てについての裁判をする。
<sup>art-404/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-404/par-1</sup>
If an appeal as referred to in Article 327, paragraph (1) is filed, a final appeal or a Petition for the Acceptance of Final Appeal is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, or an appeal to the court of second instance is filed against a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability, and the case record is stored at the court of prior instance, that court reaches a judicial decision on the petition prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に対する督促異議の申立てがあった場合について準用する。
<sup>art-404/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-404/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an objection is filed to a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforceability.
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### 第四百五条（担保の提供） — (Provision of Security)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-405 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-405</sup>

**第一項**  この編の規定により担保を立てる場合において、供託をするには、担保を立てるべきことを命じた裁判所又は執行裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄区域内の供託所にしなければならない。
<sup>art-405/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-405/par-1</sup>
If a party provides security pursuant to the provisions of this Part, in depositing it, the party must use the official depository located in the territorial jurisdiction of the district court of jurisdiction in the locality of the court that has ordered the party to provide the security or of the enforcement court.
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**第二項**  第七十六条、第七十七条、第七十九条及び第八十条の規定は、前項の担保について準用する。
<sup>art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-405/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Articles 76, 77, 79, and 80 apply mutatis mutandis to security as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-403/par-1: 第三号から第六号まで → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第三号 (Article 403, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-403/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-3
- art-403/par-1: 第三号から第六号まで → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第四号 (Article 403, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-403/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-4
- art-403/par-1: 第三号から第六号まで → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第五号 (Article 403, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-403/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-5
- art-403/par-1: 第三号から第六号まで → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第六号 (Article 403, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-403/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-6
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- art-403/par-1/item-1: 第三百八十条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百八十条第二項 (Article 380, paragraph (2)), art-380/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-6#art-380/par-2
- art-403/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 民事訴訟法 第四百四条 (Article 404), art-404 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-404
- art-403/par-1/item-3: 次号 → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第四号 (Article 403, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-403/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1/item-4
- art-403/par-1/item-6: 第百十七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5/from-art-112#art-117/par-1
- art-403/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項 (Article 403, paragraph (1)), art-403/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1
- art-404/par-1: 第三百二十七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十七条第一項 (Article 327, paragraph (1)), art-327/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-2#art-327/par-1
- art-404/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項 (Article 403, paragraph (1)), art-403/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-403/par-1
- art-404/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百四条第一項 (Article 404, paragraph (1)), art-404/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-404/par-1
- art-405/par-2: 第七十六条 → 民事訴訟法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-4/from-art-74#art-76
- art-405/par-2: 第七十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-4/from-art-74#art-77
- art-405/par-2: 第七十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-4/from-art-74#art-79
- art-405/par-2: 第八十条 → 民事訴訟法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-4/from-art-74#art-80
- art-405/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第四百五条第一項 (Article 405, paragraph (1)), art-405/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-9#art-405/par-1

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