# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百七十三条 (Article 173)

- 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: 第百七十三条 (Article 173) — address `art-173`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173
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### 第百七十三条
<sup>art-173 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173</sup>

  **第一項**  第百六十八条第一項、第百六十九条第一項、第百七十条第一項及び第百七十一条第一項に規定する強制執行は、それぞれ第百六十八条から第百七十一条までの規定により行うほか、債権者の申立てがあるときは、執行裁判所が前条第一項に規定する方法により行う。この場合においては、同条第二項から第五項までの規定を準用する。
  <sup>art-173/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-1</sup>
  The judicial enforcement prescribed in Article 168, paragraph (1), Article 169, paragraph (1), Article 170, paragraph (1) and Article 171, paragraph (1) is carried out pursuant to the provisions of Articles 168 through 171 respectively, and also, when a petition has been filed by the obligee, is carried out by the enforcement court by the method prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In this case, the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (5) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の執行裁判所は、第三十三条第二項各号（第一号の二、第一号の三及び第四号を除く。）に掲げる債務名義の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該債務名義についての執行文付与の訴えの管轄裁判所とする。
  <sup>art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-2</sup>
  The enforcement court referred to in the preceding paragraph is, for the categories of the title of obligation stated in the items of Article 33, paragraph (2) (excluding items (i)-2, (i)-3 and (iv)), the court with jurisdiction over an action to granting an attestation of enforceability regarding the respective titles of obligation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168/par-1
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十九条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十九条第一項 (Article 169, paragraph (1)), art-169/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-169/par-1
- art-173/par-1: 第百七十条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百七十条第一項 (Article 170, paragraph (1)), art-170/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-170/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-170/par-1
- art-173/par-1: 第百七十一条第一項 → 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-173/par-1: 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで → 民事執行法 第百六十八条 (Article 168), art-168 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで → 民事執行法 第百六十八条の二 (Article 168-2), art-168-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168-2
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで → 民事執行法 第百六十九条 (Article 169), art-169 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-169
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十条 (Article 170), art-170 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-170 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-170
- art-173/par-1: 第百六十八条から第百七十一条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十一条 (Article 171), art-171 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171
- art-173/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-173/par-1: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 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-173/par-1: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第三項 (Article 172, paragraph (3)), art-172/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-3
- art-173/par-1: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第四項 (Article 172, paragraph (4)), art-172/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-4
- art-173/par-1: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 民事執行法 第百七十二条第五項 (Article 172, paragraph (5)), art-172/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-172/par-5
- art-173/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百七十三条第一項 (Article 173, paragraph (1)), art-173/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-1
- art-173/par-2: 第三十三条第二項 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2
- art-173/par-2: 第一号の二 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号の二 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i-2)), art-33/par-2/item-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-2
- art-173/par-2: 第一号の三 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号の三 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i-3)), art-33/par-2/item-1-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-3
- art-173/par-2: 第四号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第四号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-33/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-4

## 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 第百七十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-2

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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