# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28)

- 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（執行文の再度付与等） — address `art-28`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28
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### 第二十八条（執行文の再度付与等） — (Granting Additional Attestations of Enforceability)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-28</sup>

  **第一項**  執行文は、債権の完全な弁済を得るため執行文の付された債務名義の正本が数通必要であるとき、又はこれが滅失したときに限り、更に付与することができる。
  <sup>art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-28/par-1</sup>
  An additional attestation of enforceability may be granted, but only if multiple authenticated copies of a title of obligation bearing an attestation of enforceability are required to receive full performance of a claim or if the authenticated copy bearing the attestation has been lost.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定は、少額訴訟における確定判決又は仮執行の宣言を付した少額訴訟の判決若しくは支払督促の正本又は記録事項証明書を更に交付する場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-28/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an additional authenticated copy or certificate of recorded information is issued of a final and binding judgment in a small claims action, or of a judgment in a small claims action or demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-28/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-28/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第二十八条第二項（執行文の再度付与等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-28/par-2
- 民事執行法 第三十二条第五項（執行文の付与等に関する異議の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-32/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
