# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百二十三条 (Article 123) - 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: 第百二十三条 (Article 123)（債務者の占有する動産の差押え） — address `art-123` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123 - 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. --- ### 第百二十三条（債務者の占有する動産の差押え） — (Seizure of Movables Possessed by the Obligor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123 **第一項** 債務者の占有する動産の差押えは、執行官がその動産を占有して行う。 art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-1 Movable property possessed by the obligor is seized by way of a court enforcement officer taking possession of the movables. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行官は、前項の差押えをするに際し、債務者の住居その他債務者の占有する場所に立ち入り、その場所において、又は債務者の占有する金庫その他の容器について目的物を捜索することができる。この場合において、必要があるときは、閉鎖した戸及び金庫その他の容器を開くため必要な処分をすることができる。 art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-2 When carrying out the seizure referred to in the preceding paragraph, a court enforcement officer may enter the residence of the obligor or any other place possessed by the obligor, and search the subject matter at the relevant place or in a safe or any other containers possessed by the obligor. In this case, if it is necessary, a court enforcement officer may take a necessary measure to open a closed door, safe and any other containers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行官は、相当であると認めるときは、債務者に差し押さえた動産（以下「差押物」という。）を保管させることができる。この場合においては、差押えは、差押物について封印その他の方法で差押えの表示をしたときに限り、その効力を有する。 art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-3 A court enforcement officer may, if the officer finds it to be reasonable, have the obligor retain the seized movables (referred to as the "seized property" below). In this case, the seizure is effective only when an indication of the seizure is made regarding the seized property through sealing or any other method. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行官は、前項の規定により債務者に差押物を保管させる場合において、相当であると認めるときは、その使用を許可することができる。 art-123/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-4 If a court enforcement officer has the obligor retain the seized property pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the officer finds it to be reasonable, the court enforcement officer may permit the obligor to use the seized property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 執行官は、必要があると認めるときは、第三項の規定により債務者に保管させた差押物を自ら保管し、又は前項の規定による許可を取り消すことができる。 art-123/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-5 A court enforcement officer may, if the officer finds it to be necessary, retain the seized property which the officer had the obligor retain pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or revoke the permission under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-123/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第一項 (Article 123, paragraph (1)), art-123/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-1 - art-123/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第三項 (Article 123, paragraph (3)), art-123/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-3 - art-123/par-5: 第三項 → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第三項 (Article 123, paragraph (3)), art-123/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-3 - art-123/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百二十三条第四項 (Article 123, paragraph (4)), art-123/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百二十三条第二項（債務者の占有する動産の差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百二十三条第四項（債務者の占有する動産の差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百二十三条第五項（債務者の占有する動産の差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-123/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-123/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百二十四条第一項（債務者以外の者の占有する動産の差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-124/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十九条第二項（動産の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-169/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十条第一項第三号（動産競売の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-190/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-190/par-1/item-3 - 民事執行法 第百九十条第二項（動産競売の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-190/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-190/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十二条第一項（動産執行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-192/par-1 --- ## 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