# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二百十五条 (Article 215)

- 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215)（管轄） — address `art-215`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-215
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-215
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### 第二百十五条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-215</sup>

**第一項**  前条に規定する過料の事件は、執行裁判所の管轄とする。
<sup>art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-215/par-1</sup>
A case on the non-penal fine prescribed in the preceding Article is under the jurisdiction of the enforcement court.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-215/par-1: 前条 → 民事執行法 第二百十四条 (Article 214), art-214 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-214 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-214

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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