# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の十二 (Article 167-12) - 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: 第百六十七条の十二 (Article 167-12)（裁量移行） — address `art-167-12` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十七条の十二（裁量移行） — (Discretionary Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-167-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12 **第一項** 執行裁判所は、差し押さえるべき金銭債権の内容その他の事情を考慮して相当と認めるときは、その所在地を管轄する地方裁判所における債権執行の手続に事件を移行させることができる。 art-167-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-1 An enforcement court may, when it finds it to be reasonable by taking into consideration the contents of the monetary claim to be seized and any other circumstances, transfer its case to the procedure of enforcement against a claim at the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-167-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-2 No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百六十七条の十第三項の規定は第一項の規定による決定について、同条第六項の規定は第一項の規定による決定が効力を生じた場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第六項中「差押処分の申立て又は第一項の申立て」とあるのは「差押処分の申立て」と、「それぞれ差押命令の申立て又は転付命令等の申立て」とあるのは「差押命令の申立て」と読み替えるものとする。 art-167-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-3 The provisions of Article 167-10, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an order under paragraph (1), and the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an order under paragraph (1) has become effective. In this case, the phrase "the petition for a disposition of seizure or the petition referred to in paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the petition for a disposition of seizure," and the phrase "the petition for an order of seizure or the petition for an order for realizing a claim" in the paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the petition for an order of seizure." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-167-12/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十二第一項 (Article 167-12, paragraph (1)), art-167-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-1 - art-167-12/par-3: 第百六十七条の十第三項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十第三項 (Article 167-10, paragraph (3)), art-167-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-10/par-3 - art-167-12/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十二第一項 (Article 167-12, paragraph (1)), art-167-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-1 - art-167-12/par-3: 同条第六項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十第六項 (Article 167-10, paragraph (6)), art-167-10/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-10/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-10/par-6 - art-167-12/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十第一項 (Article 167-10, paragraph (1)), art-167-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-10/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十二第二項（裁量移行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十二第三項（裁量移行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-12/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