# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百七十二条 (Article 172) - 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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172)（間接強制） — address `art-172` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172 - 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. --- ### 第百七十二条（間接強制） — (Indirect Judicial Enforcement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172 **第一項** 作為又は不作為を目的とする債務で前条第一項の強制執行ができないものについての強制執行は、執行裁判所が、債務者に対し、遅延の期間に応じ、又は相当と認める一定の期間内に履行しないときは直ちに、債務の履行を確保するために相当と認める一定の額の金銭を債権者に支払うべき旨を命ずる方法により行う。 art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 Judicial enforcement for an obligation to act or not to act but for which it is not possible to carry out the judicial enforcement referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is carried out by the enforcement court's ordering the obligor to pay to the obligee money of a fixed amount that it finds to be reasonable to ensure performance of the obligation, either based on the period of the delay, or immediately upon the obligor failing to perform the obligation within the fixed period that it finds to be reasonable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事情の変更があつたときは、執行裁判所は、申立てにより、前項の規定による決定を変更することができる。 art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-2 If circumstances change and upon petition, the enforcement court may change an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行裁判所は、前二項の規定による決定をする場合には、申立ての相手方を審尋しなければならない。 art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-3 the enforcement court must interrogate the other person to the petition before issuing an order under the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により命じられた金銭の支払があつた場合において、債務不履行により生じた損害の額が支払額を超えるときは、債権者は、その超える額について損害賠償の請求をすることを妨げられない。 art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-4 If there has been payment of money that is ordered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), if the amount of damages that resulted from default of the obligation exceeds the amount of payment, the obligee is not precluded from claiming compensation for damage for the amount in excess. 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第二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-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/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 paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前条第二項の規定は、第一項の執行裁判所について準用する。 art-172/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-6 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement court referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-172/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-172/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第二項 (Article 172, paragraph (2)), art-172/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-2 - art-172/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-5: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第二項 (Article 172, paragraph (2)), art-172/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-2 - art-172/par-6: 前条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十一条第二項 (Article 171, paragraph (2)), art-171/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-2 - art-172/par-6: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第一項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第二項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十五第六項（扶養義務等に係る金銭債権についての間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-15/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第二項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第三項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第四項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百七十二条第五項（間接強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-5 - 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 第百七十四条第一項第二号（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-2 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第二項第一号（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2/item-1 - 消費者契約法 第二十八条第一項第二号（財産上の利益の受領の禁止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-contract-act/art-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/412AC0000000061/art-28/par-1/item-2 - 消費者契約法 第四十七条第一項（間接強制の支払額の算定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-contract-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/412AC0000000061/art-47/par-1 --- ## 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