# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百三十六条 (Article 136)

- 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: 第百三十六条 (Article 136)（手形等の提示義務） — address `art-136`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-136
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### 第百三十六条（手形等の提示義務） — (Obligation to Present a Negotiable Instrument)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-136</sup>

    **第一項**  執行官は、手形、小切手その他の金銭の支払を目的とする有価証券でその権利の行使のため定められた期間内に引受け若しくは支払のための提示又は支払の請求（以下「提示等」という。）を要するもの（以下「手形等」という。）を差し押さえた場合において、その期間の始期が到来したときは、債務者に代わつて手形等の提示等をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-136/par-1</sup>
    If a court enforcement officer has seized a negotiable instrument, check, or other instrument with the payment of money as its subject matter (referred to as a "negotiable instrument" below) that is required to be presented for acceptance or payment, or to have payment demanded against it (referred to as "presenting" the instrument below), within the period established for the exercise of rights under that instrument, and if the commencement of that period has arrived, the court enforcement officer must present the instrument in place of the obligor.
    <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