# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第一条 (Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（趣旨） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-1
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### 第一条（趣旨） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  強制執行、担保権の実行としての競売及び民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）、商法（明治三十二年法律第四十八号）その他の法律の規定による換価のための競売並びに債務者の財産状況の調査（以下「民事執行」と総称する。）については、他の法令に定めるもののほか、この法律の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-1/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in other laws and regulations, judicial enforcement; the auctioning of property as a means of enforcing a security interest; the auctioning of property for a realization under the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), the Commercial Code (Act No. 48 of 1899), or any other Act; and the investigation of an obligor's financial status (collectively referred to as "civil enforcement" below) are governed by the provisions of this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</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
- This site's parser, version 204 — 民事執行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19