# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百十八条 (Article 118) - 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: 第百十八条 (Article 118)（航行許可） — address `art-118` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十八条（航行許可） — (Navigation Permission) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118 **第一項** 執行裁判所は、営業上の必要その他相当の事由があると認める場合において、各債権者並びに最高価買受申出人又は買受人及び次順位買受申出人の同意があるときは、債務者の申立てにより、船舶の航行を許可することができる。 art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-1 If an enforcement court finds that there is a necessity in terms of business or there are other reasonable grounds, if there is the consent of the respective obligees and the highest bidder or the purchaser and the next highest bidder, the enforcement court may permit navigation of the vessel on petition by the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。 art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-2 An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-3 An order under paragraph (1) does not be effective until it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-118/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百十八条第一項 (Article 118, paragraph (1)), art-118/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-1 - art-118/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百十八条第一項 (Article 118, paragraph (1)), art-118/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百十八条第二項（航行許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百十八条第三項（航行許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-118/par-3 --- ## 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