# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百五十九条 (Article 259) - 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: 第二百五十九条 (Article 259)（仮執行の宣言） — address `art-259` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五十九条（仮執行の宣言） — (Declaration of Provisional Enforcement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-259 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259 **第一項** 財産権上の請求に関する判決については、裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、担保を立てて、又は立てないで仮執行をすることができることを宣言することができる。 art-259/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-1 In a judgment involving a claim on a property right, if the court finds it to be necessary, it may declare, upon petition or sua sponte, that provisional enforcement may be effected if security is provided or that provisional enforcement may be effected without security being provided. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 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関する判決については、裁判所は、職権で、担保を立てないで仮執行をすることができることを宣言しなければならない。ただし、裁判所が相当と認めるときは、仮執行を担保を立てることに係らしめることができる。 art-259/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-2 With regard to a judgment on a claim for the payment of money for a bill, note, or check and an incidental claim for damages at the statutory interest rate, the court must issue a sua sponte declaration that provisional enforcement may be effected without security being provided; provided, however, that if the court finds it to be appropriate, it may require the provisions of security for provisional enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、担保を立てて仮執行を免れることができることを宣言することができる。 art-259/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-3 The court, upon petition or sua sponte, may declare that it is possible to avoid provisional enforcement by providing security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 仮執行の宣言は、判決の主文に掲げなければならない。前項の規定による宣言についても、同様とする。 art-259/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-4 Any declaration of provisional enforceability must be stated in the main text of the judgment. The same applies to any declaration under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 仮執行の宣言の申立てについて裁判をしなかったとき、又は職権で仮執行の宣言をすべき場合においてこれをしなかったときは、裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、補充の決定をする。第三項の申立てについて裁判をしなかったときも、同様とする。 art-259/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-5 If the court has not reached a judicial decision on a petition for a declaration of provisional enforceability or has not issued a declaration of provisional enforceability that it should have issued sua sponte, it issues a supplemental ruling upon petition or sua sponte. The same applies if the court has not reached a judicial decision on a petition as referred to in paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 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、第一項から第三項までの担保について準用する。 art-259/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-6 The provisions of Articles 76, 77, 79 and 80 apply mutatis mutandis to security as referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-259/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第三項 (Article 259, paragraph (3)), art-259/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-3 - art-259/par-5: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第三項 (Article 259, paragraph (3)), art-259/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-3 - art-259/par-6: 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/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-76 - art-259/par-6: 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/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-77 - art-259/par-6: 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/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-79 - art-259/par-6: 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/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-80 - art-259/par-6: 第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第一項 (Article 259, paragraph (1)), art-259/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-1 - art-259/par-6: 第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第二項 (Article 259, paragraph (2)), art-259/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-2 - art-259/par-6: 第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第三項 (Article 259, paragraph (3)), art-259/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百五十八条第六項（役員等責任査定決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-858/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-858/par-6 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第四項（仮執行の宣言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第五項（仮執行の宣言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第二百五十九条第六項（仮執行の宣言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-259/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-259/par-6 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十条第一項（控訴審の判決における仮執行の宣言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-310/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-310/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第三条第一項（担保権利者に対する権利を行使すべき旨の催告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-3/par-1 - 破産法 第百七十五条第五項（否認の請求を認容する決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-175/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-175/par-5 - 破産法 第百八十条第六項（役員責任査定決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-180/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-180/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17