# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百八十八条 (Article 188)

- 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: 第百八十八条 (Article 188)（不動産執行の規定の準用） — address `art-188`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188
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### 第百八十八条（不動産執行の規定の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Provisions on Enforcement Against Immovable Property)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188</sup>

**第一項**  第四十四条の規定は不動産担保権の実行について、前章第二節第一款第二目（第八十一条を除く。）の規定は担保不動産競売について、同款第三目の規定は担保不動産収益執行について準用する。
<sup>art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 44 apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement of a security interest in immovable property, the provisions of Section 2, Subsection 1, Division 2 of the preceding Chapter (excluding Article 81) apply mutatis mutandis to a sale-at-auction of secured immovable property, and the provisions of Division 3 of the Subsection apply mutatis mutandis to enforcement against earnings from secured immovable property.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-188/par-1: 第四十四条 → 民事執行法 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-44
- art-188/par-1: 第八十一条 → 民事執行法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-81

## Cited by

11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 第六条第一項（執行官等の職務の執行の確保） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-6/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2
- 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項第二号イ — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1
- 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項第二号ロ — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2
- 民事執行法 第四十七条第三項（二重開始決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-47/par-3
- 民事執行法 第二百十二条第一項第一号（公示書等損壊罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212/par-1/item-1
- 民事執行法 第二百十三条第一項第二号（陳述等拒絶の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-213/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-213/par-1/item-2
- 民事執行法 第二百十三条第一項第三号（陳述等拒絶の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-213/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-213/par-1/item-3
- 民事執行法 第二百十三条第二項（陳述等拒絶の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-213/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-213/par-2
- 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第四号（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-4
- 破産法 第百八十七条第五項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-5

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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
