# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39)

- 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39)（強制執行の停止） — address `art-39`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39
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### 第三十九条（強制執行の停止） — (Stay of Judicial Enforcement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39</sup>

  **第一項**  強制執行は、次に掲げる文書の提出があつたときは、停止しなければならない。
  <sup>art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1</sup>
  Judicial enforcement must be stayed if any of the following documents has been submitted:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  債務名義（執行証書を除く。）若しくは仮執行の宣言を取り消す旨又は強制執行を許さない旨を記載した執行力のある裁判の正本又は記録事項証明書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-1</sup>
    an enforceable authenticated copy or certificate of recorded information of a judicial decision containing a statement that a title of obligation (excluding a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement) or a declaration of provisional enforcement is revoked or a statement that judicial enforcement is not permitted;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  債務名義に係る和解、認諾、調停又は労働審判の効力がないことを宣言する確定判決の正本又は記録事項証明書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an authenticated copy or certificate of recorded information of a final and binding judgment declaring a settlement, acknowledgment, mediation or labor tribunal decision that a title of obligation concerns to be invalid;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第二十二条第二号から第四号の二までに掲げる債務名義が訴えの取下げその他の事由により効力を失つたことを証する調書の正本その他の裁判所書記官の作成した文書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-3</sup>
    an authenticated copy of a record or any other document prepared by a court clerk which proves that any of the titles of obligation stated in Article 22, item (ii) through (iv)-2 has ceased to be effective due to withdrawal of the action or any other grounds;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  強制執行をしない旨又はその申立てを取り下げる旨を記載した裁判上の和解の調書の正本又は電子調書（民事訴訟法第百六十条第一項に規定する電子調書をいう。第百六十七条の二第一項第四号において同じ。）の記録事項証明書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-4</sup>
    an authenticated copy of a record, or a certificate of recorded information of an electronic record (meaning an electronic record prescribed in Article 160, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure; the same applies in Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), of a judicial settlement in which it is indicated that the obligation will not be enforced or that the petition for enforcement is withdrawn;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四の二**  強制執行をしない旨又はその申立てを取り下げる旨を記載した調停の調書又は労働審判法（平成十六年法律第四十五号）第二十一条第四項の規定により裁判上の和解と同一の効力を有する労働審判の審判書若しくは同法第二十条第七項の調書の正本
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-4-2</sup>
    an authenticated copy of a record of mediation, or of a written tribunal decision of a labor tribunal decision that has the same effect as a judicial settlement pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Labor Tribunal Act (Act No. 45 of 2004) or of the record referred to in Article 20, paragraph (7) of that Act, indicating that the obligation will not be enforced or that the petition for enforcement is withdrawn;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **五**  強制執行を免れるための担保を立てたことを証する文書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-5</sup>
    a document proving that security for avoiding judicial enforcement has been provided;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **六**  強制執行の停止及び執行処分の取消しを命ずる旨を記載した裁判の正本又は記録事項証明書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-6</sup>
    an authenticated copy or certificate of recorded information of a judicial decision in which the court has indicated that it is issuing an order staying enforcement and voiding an enforcement measure;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  強制執行の一時の停止を命ずる旨を記載した裁判の正本又は記録事項証明書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-7</sup>
    an authenticated copy or certificate of recorded information of a judicial decision in which the court has indicated that it is issuing an order for a temporarily staying enforcement; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **八**  債権者が、債務名義の成立後に、弁済を受け、又は弁済の猶予を承諾した旨を記載した文書
    <sup>art-39/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-8</sup>
    a document indicating that, after the establishment of a title of obligation, the obligee has had their claim satisfied or consented to granting a grace period for performance.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項第八号に掲げる文書のうち弁済を受けた旨を記載した文書の提出による強制執行の停止は、四週間に限るものとする。
  <sup>art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-2</sup>
  A stay of judicial enforcement based on submission of a document stated in item (viii) of the preceding paragraph which contains a statement that an obligee received performance is limited to a period of four weeks.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項第八号に掲げる文書のうち弁済の猶予を承諾した旨を記載した文書の提出による強制執行の停止は、二回に限り、かつ、通じて六月を超えることができない。
  <sup>art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-3</sup>
  A stay of judicial enforcement based on submission of a document stated in paragraph (1), item (viii) which contains a statement that an obligee consented to granting a grace period for performance may be effected only twice, and the total period may not exceed six months.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-22/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-2
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-22/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-22/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-2
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の三 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-3)), art-22/par-1/item-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-3
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-22/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4
- art-39/par-1/item-3: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv-2)), art-22/par-1/item-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4-2
- art-39/par-1/item-4: 民事訴訟法第百六十条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-1
- art-39/par-1/item-4: 第百六十七条の二第一項第四号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第四号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-167-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-4
- art-39/par-1/item-4-2: 労働審判法（平成十六年法律第四十五号）第二十一条第四項 → 労働審判法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-21/par-4
- art-39/par-1/item-4-2: 同法第二十条第七項 → 労働審判法 第二十条第七項 (Article 20, paragraph (7)), art-20/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-20/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-20/par-7
- art-39/par-2: 前項第八号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第八号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-39/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-8
- art-39/par-3: 第一項第八号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第八号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-39/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-8

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第五号（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-5
- 民事執行法 第三十九条第二項（強制執行の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-2
- 民事執行法 第三十九条第三項（強制執行の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-3
- 民事執行法 第四十条第一項（執行処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-40/par-1
- 民事執行法 第七十二条第一項（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-1
- 民事執行法 第七十二条第二項（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-2
- 民事執行法 第七十二条第三項（売却の実施の終了後に執行停止の裁判等の提出があつた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-72/par-3
- 民事執行法 第七十六条第二項（買受けの申出後の強制競売の申立ての取下げ等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-76/par-2
- 民事執行法 第八十四条第三項（売却代金の配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-84/par-3
- 民事執行法 第八十四条第四項（売却代金の配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-84/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-84/par-4
- 民事執行法 第九十一条第一項第三号（配当等の額の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-3
- 民事執行法 第百四条第一項（強制管理の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-104/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百十七条第一項（保証の提供による強制競売の手続の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-117/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百三十七条第一項（執行停止中の売却） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-137/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百四十一条第一項第三号（執行官の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-141/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-141/par-1/item-3
- 民事執行法 第百五十九条第七項（転付命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-7
- 民事執行法 第二百三条第一項（強制執行及び担保権の実行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-203/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-203/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二百十一条第一項（強制執行及び担保権の実行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-211/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-002, translated 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