# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百四十条 (Article 140)

- 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: 第百四十条 (Article 140)（配当等を受けるべき債権者の範囲） — address `art-140`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-140
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-140
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### 第百四十条（配当等を受けるべき債権者の範囲） — (Scope of Obligees Entitled to Distribution)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-140</sup>

    **第一項**  配当等を受けるべき債権者は、差押債権者のほか、売得金については執行官がその交付を受けるまで（第百三十七条又は民事保全法第四十九条第三項の規定により供託された売得金については、動産執行が続行されることとなるまで）に、差押金銭についてはその差押えをするまでに、手形等の支払金についてはその支払を受けるまでに配当要求をした債権者とする。
    <sup>art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-140/par-1</sup>
    Obligees entitled to distribution or payment are the obligees effecting a seizure as well as obligees who made a distribution demand, in the case of proceeds, by the time a court enforcement officer receives delivery of proceeds (or, in the case of proceeds that were deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 137 or Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Civil Preservation Act, by the time the enforcement against movables is decided to be continued), or in the case of seized money, by the time a court enforcement officer seizes that money, or in the case of the amount payable on a negotiable instrument, by the time a court enforcement officer receives payment for it.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-140/par-1: 第百三十七条 → 民事執行法 第百三十七条 (Article 137), art-137 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-137
- art-140/par-1: 民事保全法第四十九条第三項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — not held in this collection

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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