# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百七十四条 (Article 174) - 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: 第百七十四条 (Article 174)（子の引渡しの強制執行） — address `art-174` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174 - 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. --- ### 第百七十四条（子の引渡しの強制執行） — (Enforcing the Handover of a Child) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174 **第一項** 子の引渡しの強制執行は、次の各号に掲げる方法のいずれかにより行う。 art-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1 The handover of a child is enforced through the means stated in the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 執行裁判所が決定により執行官に子の引渡しを実施させる方法 art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-1 by the enforcement court's issuing a ruling to have a court enforcement officer implement the handover of the child; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百七十二条第一項に規定する方法 art-174/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-2 by the means prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第一号に掲げる方法による強制執行の申立ては、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときでなければすることができない。 art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2 A petition for enforcement by the means stated in item (i) of the preceding paragraph may not be filed unless it falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百七十二条第一項の規定による決定が確定した日から二週間を経過したとき（当該決定において定められた債務を履行すべき一定の期間の経過がこれより後である場合にあつては、その期間を経過したとき）。 art-174/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2/item-1 it has been two weeks since the day on which the order under Article 172, paragraph (1) has become final and binding (or until the expiration of the period in question, if the expiration of a fixed period to perform the obligations specified by the order comes after those two weeks have passed); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前項第二号に掲げる方法による強制執行を実施しても、債務者が子の監護を解く見込みがあるとは認められないとき。 art-174/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2/item-2 it is not found to be probable that the obligor will hand over care of the child even if enforcement is implemented by the means stated in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 子の急迫の危険を防止するため直ちに強制執行をする必要があるとき。 art-174/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2/item-3 it is necessary to immediately carry out enforcement to prevent imminent danger to the child. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行裁判所は、第一項第一号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。ただし、子に急迫した危険があるときその他の審尋をすることにより強制執行の目的を達することができない事情があるときは、この限りでない。 art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-3 The enforcement court must interrogate an obligor if it issues an order under paragraph (1), item (i); provided, however, that this does not apply if the child is in imminent danger or if there are other circumstances in which interrogating the obligor would make it impossible to achieve the purpose of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行裁判所は、第一項第一号の規定による決定において、執行官に対し、債務者による子の監護を解くために必要な行為をすべきことを命じなければならない。 art-174/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-4 In the order under paragraph (1), item (i), the enforcement court must order a court enforcement officer to perform the necessary acts to remove the child from the care of the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第百七十一条第二項の規定は第一項第一号の執行裁判所について、同条第四項の規定は同号の規定による決定をする場合について、それぞれ準用する。 art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-5 The provisions of Article 171, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement court referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) and the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the order under that item is issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第二項の強制執行の申立て又は前項において準用する第百七十一条第四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-174/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-6 An appeal against an enforcement decision may be filed against a judicial decision on a petition for judicial enforcement referred to in paragraph (2) or a petition under Article 171, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-174/par-1/item-2: 第百七十二条第一項 → 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-174/par-2: 前項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第一項第一号 (Article 174, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-174/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-1 - art-174/par-2/item-1: 第百七十二条第一項 → 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-174/par-2/item-2: 前項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第一項第二号 (Article 174, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-174/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-2 - art-174/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第一項第一号 (Article 174, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-174/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-1 - art-174/par-4: 第一項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第一項第一号 (Article 174, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-174/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-1 - art-174/par-5: 第百七十一条第二項 → 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-174/par-5: 第一項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第一項第一号 (Article 174, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-174/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-1/item-1 - art-174/par-5: 同条第四項 → 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-174/par-6: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第二項 (Article 174, paragraph (2)), art-174/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2 - art-174/par-6: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百七十四条第五項 (Article 174, paragraph (5)), art-174/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-5 - art-174/par-6: 第百七十一条第四項 → 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 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第二項（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第二項第二号（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-2/item-2 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第三項（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百七十四条第四項（子の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174/par-4 - 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 - 民事執行法 第百七十六条第一項（執行裁判所及び執行官の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-176/par-1 - 民事執行法 附則第四条第一項（子の引渡しの強制執行に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-4/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-004, translated 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