# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百九十七条 (Article 197) - 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: 第百九十七条 (Article 197)（実施決定） — address `art-197` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197 - 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. --- ### 第百九十七条（実施決定） — (Order of Implementation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197 **第一項** 執行裁判所は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、執行力のある債務名義の正本を有する金銭債権の債権者の申立てにより、債務者について、財産開示手続を実施する旨の決定をしなければならない。ただし、当該執行力のある債務名義の正本に基づく強制執行を開始することができないときは、この限りでない。 art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1 An enforcement court, when either of the following items applies, must order implementation of an asset disclosure procedure against an obligor, upon petition by an obligee of a monetary claim who has an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is not possible to commence judicial enforcement based on the authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 強制執行又は担保権の実行における配当等の手続（申立ての日より六月以上前に終了したものを除く。）において、申立人が当該金銭債権の完全な弁済を得ることができなかつたとき。 art-197/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1/item-1 when the petitioner is unable to obtain full performance of that monetary claim in the procedure of distribution or payment (excluding a procedure that is terminated by at least six months before the day of filing the petition) in judicial enforcement or enforcement of a security interest; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 知れている財産に対する強制執行を実施しても、申立人が当該金銭債権の完全な弁済を得られないことの疎明があつたとき。 art-197/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1/item-2 when a prima facie showing is made that the petitioner is unable to obtain full performance of the relevant monetary claim even by implementing judicial enforcement against known property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行裁判所は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、債務者の財産について一般の先取特権を有することを証する文書を提出した債権者の申立てにより、当該債務者について、財産開示手続を実施する旨の決定をしなければならない。 art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2 An enforcement court must, when either of the following items applies, order implementation of an asset disclosure procedure against an obligor, upon petition by an obligee who has submitted a document proving that the obligee has a general statutory lien for property of the obligor: machine translation, not official **一** 強制執行又は担保権の実行における配当等の手続（申立ての日より六月以上前に終了したものを除く。）において、申立人が当該先取特権の被担保債権の完全な弁済を得ることができなかつたとき。 art-197/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2/item-1 when the petitioner is unable to obtain full performance of the secured claim related to the statutory lien in the procedure of distribution or payment (excluding a procedure that is terminated by at least six months before the day of filing the petition) in judicial enforcement or enforcement of a security interest; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 知れている財産に対する担保権の実行を実施しても、申立人が前号の被担保債権の完全な弁済を得られないことの疎明があつたとき。 art-197/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2/item-2 when a prima facie showing is made that the petitioner is unable to obtain full performance of the secured claim referred to in the preceding item even by implementing the enforcement of a security interest against known property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、債務者（債務者に法定代理人がある場合にあつては当該法定代理人、債務者が法人である場合にあつてはその代表者。第一号において同じ。）が前二項の申立ての日前三年以内に財産開示期日（財産を開示すべき期日をいう。以下同じ。）においてその財産について陳述をしたものであるときは、財産開示手続を実施する旨の決定をすることができない。ただし、次の各号に掲げる事由のいずれかがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, when the obligor (or, if the obligor has a statutory agent, the statutory agent, and if the obligor is a corporation, its representative; the same applies in item (i)) has made a statement on their property on the asset disclosure date (the date on which asset is to be disclosed; the same applies below) within three years before the day of filing the petition referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, an order to implement an asset disclosure procedure may not be issued; provided, however, that this does not apply if any ground of the following items exist: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務者が当該財産開示期日において一部の財産を開示しなかつたとき。 art-197/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3/item-1 if the obligor failed to disclose part of their property on the relevant asset disclosure date; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務者が当該財産開示期日の後に新たに財産を取得したとき。 art-197/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3/item-2 if the obligor acquired new property after the relevant asset disclosure date; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該財産開示期日の後に債務者と使用者との雇用関係が終了したとき。 art-197/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3/item-3 if the employment relationship between the obligor and their employer is terminated after the relevant asset disclosure date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の決定がされたときは、当該決定（同項の決定にあつては、当該決定及び同項の文書の写し）を債務者に送達しなければならない。 art-197/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-4 When the order referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) has been issued, the relevant order (or, for the order referred to in the paragraph, the order and a copy of the document referred to in the paragraph) must be served upon the obligor. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項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-197/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-5 An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項又は第二項の決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-197/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-6 The order referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is not effective until it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-197/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項第一号 (Article 197, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-197/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2/item-1 - art-197/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1 - art-197/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2 - art-197/par-3: 第一号 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第三項第一号 (Article 197, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-197/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3/item-1 - art-197/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1 - art-197/par-4: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2 - art-197/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1 - art-197/par-5: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2 - art-197/par-6: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1 - art-197/par-6: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十五条第一項（他の手続の中止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-515/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十七第一項第一号（扶養義務等に係る債権に基づく財産開示手続等の申立ての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-17/par-1/item-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十七第六項（扶養義務等に係る債権に基づく財産開示手続等の申立ての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-17/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百九十三条第二項（債権及びその他の財産権についての担保権の実行の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-193/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項第二号（実施決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2/item-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十七条第三項（実施決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百九十七条第四項（実施決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百九十七条第五項（実施決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-5 - 民事執行法 第百九十七条第六項（実施決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百九十八条第一項（期日指定及び期日の呼出し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-198/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二百条第一項（陳述義務の一部の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-200/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項第一号（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-1 - 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項第二号（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-2 - 民事執行法 第二百六条第一項（債務者の給与債権に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-206/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二百六条第二項（債務者の給与債権に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-206/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-206/par-2 - 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1 - 民事執行法 第二百七条第二項（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-2 --- ## 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-20261019T093630-005, 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