# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二百十二条 (Article 212)

- 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: 第二百十二条 (Article 212)（公示書等損壊罪） — address `art-212`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212
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### 第二百十二条（公示書等損壊罪） — (Crime of Damaging a Written Public Notice)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212/par-1</sup>
A person who falls under either of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one million yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第五十五条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第六十八条の二第一項若しくは第七十七条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）（これらの規定を第百二十一条（第百八十九条（第百九十五条の規定によりその例によることとされる場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。）及び第百八十八条（第百九十五条の規定によりその例によることとされる場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。）又は第百八十七条第一項（第百九十五条の規定によりその例によることとされる場合を含む。）の規定による命令に基づき執行官が公示するために施した公示書その他の標識（刑法第九十六条に規定する封印及び差押えの表示を除く。）を損壊した者
  <sup>art-212/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has damaged a written public notice or any other sign (excluding the seal or the mark of seizure prescribed in Article 96 of the Penal Code) posted by a court enforcement officer for giving public notice based on an order under Article 55, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion related to item (i)), Article 68-2, paragraph (1) or Article 77, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion related to item (i)) (including the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 121 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 189 (including the cases that are to be governed by that rules pursuant to the provisions of Article 195)) and Article 188 (including the cases that are to be governed by those rules pursuant to the provisions of Article 195)) or Article 187, paragraph (1) (including the cases that are to be governed by that rules pursuant to the provisions of Article 195); or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第百六十八条の二第三項又は第四項の規定により執行官が公示するために施した公示書その他の標識を損壊した者
  <sup>art-212/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-212/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-212/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who has damaged a written public notice or any other sign posted by a court enforcement officer for giving public notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 168-2, paragraph (3) or (4).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第五十五条第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第一号 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項第一号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-55/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1/item-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第六十八条の二第一項 → 民事執行法 第六十八条の二第一項 (Article 68-2, paragraph (1)), art-68-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-68-2/par-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第七十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77/par-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第一号 → 民事執行法 第七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-77/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-77/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77/par-1/item-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第百二十一条 → 民事執行法 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-121
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第百八十九条 → 民事執行法 第百八十九条 (Article 189), art-189 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-189
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第百九十五条 → 民事執行法 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-195
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 第百八十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-187/par-1
- art-212/par-1/item-1: 刑法第九十六条 → 刑法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-96
- art-212/par-1/item-2: 第百六十八条の二第三項 → 民事執行法 第百六十八条の二第三項 (Article 168-2, paragraph (3)), art-168-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168-2/par-3
- art-212/par-1/item-2: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第百六十八条の二第四項 (Article 168-2, paragraph (4)), art-168-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168-2/par-4

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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