# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第三十七条 (Article 37)

- 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37)（終局判決における執行停止の裁判等） — address `art-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37
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### 第三十七条（終局判決における執行停止の裁判等） — (Judicial Decision to Stay Enforcement in the Final Judgment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37</sup>

  **第一項**  受訴裁判所は、執行文付与に対する異議の訴え又は請求異議の訴えについての終局判決において、前条第一項に規定する処分を命じ、又は既にした同項の規定による裁判を取り消し、変更し、若しくは認可することができる。この裁判については、仮執行の宣言をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37/par-1</sup>
  In the final judgment on an action opposing the granting of an attestation of enforceability or an action to dispute a claim, the court in charge of the case may order the measures prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or void, change, or approve a judicial decision under that paragraph that has already been made. The court must make a declaration of provisional enforcement for this judicial decision.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定による裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。
  <sup>art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37/par-2</sup>
  No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision under the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-37/par-1: 前条第一項 → 民事執行法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-36/par-1
- art-37/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第三十六条第一項（執行文付与に対する異議の訴え等に係る執行停止の裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-36/par-1
- 民事執行法 第三十七条第二項（終局判決における執行停止の裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-37/par-2
- 民事執行法 第三十八条第四項（第三者異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-38/par-4
- 民事執行法 第百六十八条の二第七項（明渡しの催告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168-2/par-7

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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
