# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96) - 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（強制管理のための不動産の占有等） — address `art-96` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条（強制管理のための不動産の占有等） — (Possession of Immovable Property for a Forced Administration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96 **第一項** 管理人は、不動産について、債務者の占有を解いて自らこれを占有することができる。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-1 An administrator may remove immovable property from the obligor's possession and take possession of it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 管理人は、前項の場合において、閉鎖した戸を開く必要があると認めるときは、執行官に対し援助を求めることができる。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-2 In the cases of the preceding paragraph, if an administrator finds it to be necessary to open a closed door, the administrator may request assistance from a court enforcement officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第五十七条第三項の規定は、前項の規定により援助を求められた執行官について準用する。 art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-3 The provisions of Article 57, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to a court enforcement officer who has been requested to provide assistance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-96/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-1 - art-96/par-3: 第五十七条第三項 → 民事執行法 第五十七条第三項 (Article 57, paragraph (3)), art-57/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-3 - art-96/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第九十六条第二項（強制管理のための不動産の占有等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-2 - 民事執行法 第九十六条第三項（強制管理のための不動産の占有等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百十六条第四項（保管人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-116/par-4 --- ## 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