# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42) - 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（執行費用の負担） — address `art-42` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十二条（執行費用の負担） — (Sharing of Enforcement Costs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42 **第一項** 強制執行の費用で必要なもの（以下「執行費用」という。）は、債務者の負担とする。 art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-1 The cost of judicial enforcement that is necessary (referred to as "enforcement cost" below) is borne by the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 金銭の支払を目的とする債権についての強制執行にあつては、執行費用は、その執行手続において、債務名義を要しないで、同時に、取り立てることができる。 art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-2 In judicial enforcement of claim for payment of money, the enforcement cost may be collected simultaneously in the course of the enforcement procedures without requiring a title of obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 強制執行の基本となる債務名義（執行証書を除く。）を取り消す旨の裁判又は債務名義に係る和解、認諾、調停若しくは労働審判の効力がないことを宣言する判決が確定したときは、債権者は、支払を受けた執行費用に相当する金銭を債務者に返還しなければならない。 art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-3 When a judicial decision revoking a title of obligation (excluding a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement) on which enforcement is based, or a judgment declaring invalidity of a settlement, acknowledgment, mediation or labor tribunal decision that a title of obligation concerns has become final and binding, the obligee must return, to the obligor, money equivalent to the enforcement cost that has been paid to the obligee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により債務者が負担すべき執行費用で第二項の規定により取り立てられたもの以外のもの及び前項の規定により債権者が返還すべき金銭の額は、申立てにより、執行裁判所の裁判所書記官が定める。 art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 The enforcement cost to be borne by an obligor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), other than that collected pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), and the amount of money to be returned by an obligee pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are established by a court clerk of the enforcement court, upon petition. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の申立てについての裁判所書記官の処分に対しては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内に、執行裁判所に異議を申し立てることができる。 art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-5 A person may file an objection with the enforcement court to the court clerk's disposition concerning a petition under the preceding paragraph, within an inalterable period of one week from the day on which the person is notified of it. machine translation, not official **第六項** 執行裁判所は、第四項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分に対する異議の申立てを理由があると認める場合において、同項に規定する執行費用及び返還すべき金銭の額を定めるべきときは、自らその額を定めなければならない。 art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-6 If the enforcement court finds there to be grounds to the filing of an objection to a court clerk's disposition under paragraph (4), and the enforcement cost and the amount of money to be returned prescribed in that paragraph are required to be established, the court must establish those amounts itself. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第五項の規定による異議の申立てについての決定に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。 art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-7 An appeal against an enforcement decision may be filed against an order on the filing of an objection under the provisions of paragraph (5). machine translation, not official **第八項** 第四項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-42/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-8 A court clerk's disposition under paragraph (4) does not become effective until it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 民事訴訟法第七十四条第一項の規定は、第四項の規定による裁判所書記官の処分について準用する。この場合においては、第五項、第七項及び前項並びに同条第三項の規定を準用する。 art-42/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-9 The provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a court clerk's disposition under paragraph (4). In this case, the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (7) and the preceding paragraph, and of Article 74, paragraph (3) of that Code, apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-42/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-1 - art-42/par-4: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-2 - art-42/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第三項 (Article 42, paragraph (3)), art-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-3 - art-42/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 - art-42/par-6: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 - art-42/par-7: 第五項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第五項 (Article 42, paragraph (5)), art-42/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-5 - art-42/par-8: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 - art-42/par-9: 民事訴訟法第七十四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-74/par-1 - art-42/par-9: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項 (Article 42, paragraph (4)), art-42/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 - art-42/par-9: 第五項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第五項 (Article 42, paragraph (5)), art-42/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-5 - art-42/par-9: 第七項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第七項 (Article 42, paragraph (7)), art-42/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-7 - art-42/par-9: 前項 → 民事執行法 第四十二条第八項 (Article 42, paragraph (8)), art-42/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-8 - art-42/par-9: 同条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十四条第三項 (Article 74, paragraph (3)), art-74/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-74/par-3 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号の二（債務名義） — 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 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第四項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-4 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第五項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-5 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第六項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-6 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第七項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-7 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第八項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-8 - 民事執行法 第四十二条第九項（執行費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-42/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-42/par-9 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十三第一項（総則規定の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百六十八条の二第六項（明渡しの催告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-168-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168-2/par-6 - 民事執行法 第百九十四条第一項（担保権の実行についての強制執行の総則規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-194/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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-20261019T093630-002, 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