# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の七 (Article 167-7)

- 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: 第百六十七条の七 (Article 167-7)（第三者異議の訴えの管轄裁判所） — address `art-167-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-7
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### 第百六十七条の七（第三者異議の訴えの管轄裁判所） — (Court with Jurisdiction over a Third Party Action Opposing Enforcement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-167-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-7</sup>

      **第一項**  少額訴訟債権執行の不許を求める第三者異議の訴えは、第三十八条第三項の規定にかかわらず、執行裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が管轄する。
      <sup>art-167-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-7/par-1</sup>
      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (3), a third-party action opposing enforcement in which the third-party asks the court not to permit enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action is under the jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the enforcement court.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-167-7/par-1: 第三十八条第三項 → 民事執行法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-38/par-3

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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