# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（代理人） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（代理人） — (Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13 **第一項** 民事訴訟法第五十四条第一項の規定により訴訟代理人となることができる者以外の者は、執行裁判所でする手続については、訴え又は執行抗告に係る手続を除き、執行裁判所の許可を受けて代理人となることができる。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-1 Except in proceedings in an action or in an appeal against an enforcement decision, a person other than one who is permitted to serve as a litigation representative pursuant to the provisions of Article 54 of the Code of Civil Procedure may act as a person's representative in proceedings that take place in the enforcement court, with the court's permission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行裁判所は、いつでも前項の許可を取り消すことができる。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-2 The enforcement court may revoke the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 民事訴訟法第五十四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-54/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十三条第二項（代理人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-13/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十三第一項（総則規定の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13/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