# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百七十一条 (Article 171) - 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: 第百七十一条 (Article 171)（代替執行） — address `art-171` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171 - 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. --- ### 第百七十一条（代替執行） — (Enforcement Through Substituted Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる強制執行は、執行裁判所がそれぞれ当該各号に定める旨を命ずる方法により行う。 art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 Enforcement as stated in the following items is carried out by the enforcement court's issuing of the orders specified in those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 作為を目的とする債務についての強制執行　債務者の費用で第三者に当該作為をさせること。 art-171/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1/item-1 judicial enforcement of an obligation to act:an order causing a third party to perform the action at the expense of the obligor; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 不作為を目的とする債務についての強制執行　債務者の費用で、債務者がした行為の結果を除去し、又は将来のため適当な処分をすべきこと。 art-171/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1/item-2 judicial enforcement of an obligation not to act:an order directing the removal of the outcome of the action performed by the obligor, or an appropriate ruling against any future action, at the expense of the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の執行裁判所は、第三十三条第二項第一号又は第六号に掲げる債務名義の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める裁判所とする。 art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-2 The enforcement court referred to in the preceding paragraph is the court specified in Article 33, paragraph (2), items (i) and (vi) for the categories of the title of obligation stated respectively in those items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行裁判所は、第一項の規定による決定をする場合には、債務者を審尋しなければならない。 art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-3 An enforcement court must interrogate the obligor in cases of issuing the order under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行裁判所は、第一項の規定による決定をする場合には、申立てにより、債務者に対し、その決定に掲げる行為をするために必要な費用をあらかじめ債権者に支払うべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-4 In cases of issuing the order under paragraph (1), an enforcement court may, upon petition, order the obligor to pay to the obligee, in advance, the expenses necessary for conducting the act stated in the order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の強制執行の申立て又は前項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。 art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-5 An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition for the judicial enforcement referred to in paragraph (1) or on the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第六条第二項の規定は、第一項の規定による決定を執行する場合について準用する。 art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-6 The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when an order under paragraph (1) is enforced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-171/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 - art-171/par-2: 第三十三条第二項第一号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-33/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1 - art-171/par-2: 第六号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第六号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-33/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-6 - art-171/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 - art-171/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 - art-171/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 - art-171/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第四項 (Article 171, paragraph (4)), art-171/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-4 - art-171/par-6: 第六条第二項 → 民事執行法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6/par-2 - art-171/par-6: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第二項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第三項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第四項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第五項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百七十一条第六項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第六項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百七十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第五項（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第六項（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-6 --- ## 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