# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百九十九条 (Article 199) - 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: 第百九十九条 (Article 199)（財産開示期日） — address `art-199` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199 - 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. --- ### 第百九十九条（財産開示期日） — (Asset Disclosure Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199 **第一項** 開示義務者（前条第二項第二号に掲げる者をいう。以下同じ。）は、財産開示期日に出頭し、債務者の財産（第百三十一条第一号又は第二号に掲げる動産を除く。）について陳述しなければならない。 art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-1 A person obliged to disclose (meaning the person stated in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article; the same applies below) must appear on the asset disclosure date and make a statement on the property (excluding the movables stated in Article 131, item (i) or (ii)) of the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の陳述においては、陳述の対象となる財産について、第二章第二節の規定による強制執行又は前章の規定による担保権の実行の申立てをするのに必要となる事項その他申立人に開示する必要があるものとして最高裁判所規則で定める事項を明示しなければならない。 art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-2 The statement referred to in the preceding paragraph must clearly indicate the matters necessary for filing a petition for judicial enforcement under Chapter II, Section 2 or enforcement of a security interest under the preceding Chapter and other matters specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as those required to be disclosed to the petitioner, regarding the property subject to the statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行裁判所は、財産開示期日において、開示義務者に対し質問を発することができる。 art-199/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-3 An enforcement court may ask questions to the person obliged to disclose on the asset disclosure date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 申立人は、財産開示期日に出頭し、債務者の財産の状況を明らかにするため、執行裁判所の許可を得て開示義務者に対し質問を発することができる。 art-199/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-4 A petitioner may appear on the asset disclosure and, to clarify the status of the property of the obligor, ask questions to the person obliged to disclose, by obtaining the permission of the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 執行裁判所は、申立人が出頭しないときであつても、財産開示期日における手続を実施することができる。 art-199/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-5 An enforcement court may implement the procedure on the asset disclosure date even if the petitioner does not appear. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 財産開示期日における手続は、公開しない。 art-199/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-6 The procedure on the asset disclosure date is not made public. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The procedure on the asset disclosure date does not be made public." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb **第七項** 民事訴訟法第百九十五条及び第二百六条の規定は前各項の規定による手続について、同法第二百一条第一項及び第二項の規定は開示義務者について準用する。 art-199/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-7 The provisions of Article 195 and Article 206 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of the preceding paragraphs, and the provisions of Article 201, paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Act apply mutatis mutandis to a person obliged to disclose. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-199/par-1: 前条第二項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百九十八条第二項第二号 (Article 198, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-198/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-198/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-198/par-2/item-2 - art-199/par-1: 第百三十一条第一号 → 民事執行法 第百三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 131, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-131/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-131/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-131/par-1/item-1 - art-199/par-1: 第二号 → 民事執行法 第百三十一条第一項第二号 (Article 131, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-131/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-131/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-131/par-1/item-2 - art-199/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-1 - art-199/par-7: 民事訴訟法第百九十五条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-195 - art-199/par-7: 第二百六条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六条 (Article 206), art-206 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-206 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-1 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第二項 (Article 199, paragraph (2)), art-199/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-2 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第三項 (Article 199, paragraph (3)), art-199/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-3 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第四項 (Article 199, paragraph (4)), art-199/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-4 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第五項 (Article 199, paragraph (5)), art-199/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-5 - art-199/par-7: 前各項 → 民事執行法 第百九十九条第六項 (Article 199, paragraph (6)), art-199/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-6 - art-199/par-7: 同法第二百一条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第一項 (Article 201, paragraph (1)), art-201/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-1 - art-199/par-7: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第二項 (Article 201, paragraph (2)), art-201/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百九十九条第二項（財産開示期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百九十九条第七項（財産開示期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199/par-7 - 民事執行法 第百九十九条の三第一項（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による開示義務者の陳述） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-199-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-199-3/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 第二百十三条第一項第六号（陳述等拒絶の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-213/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-213/par-1/item-6 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 199, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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