# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第九十七条 (Article 97) - 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: 第九十七条 (Article 97)（建物使用の許可） — address `art-97` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97 - 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. --- ### 第九十七条（建物使用の許可） — (Permission to Use a Building) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97 **第一項** 債務者の居住する建物について強制管理の開始決定がされた場合において、債務者が他に居住すべき場所を得ることができないときは、執行裁判所は、申立てにより、債務者及びその者と生計を一にする同居の親族（婚姻又は縁組の届出をしていないが債務者と事実上夫婦又は養親子と同様の関係にある者を含む。以下「債務者等」という。）の居住に必要な限度において、期間を定めて、その建物の使用を許可することができる。 art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-1 If a commencement order for forced administration has been issued for a building in which the obligor resides and the obligor is unable to find another place to reside, the enforcement court, upon petition, may permit use of the building to the extent necessary for the obligor and any cohabiting relatives whose living expenses are paid from the same resources as the obligor (including a person whose relationship with the obligor is, de facto, that of husband and wife or adoptive parent and adopted child, even though they have not registered a marriage or adoption; referred to as the "obligor's household" below) to reside in it for a period it has specified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務者が管理人の管理を妨げたとき、又は事情の変更があつたときは、執行裁判所は、申立てにより、前項の規定による決定を取り消し、又は変更することができる。 art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-2 When the obligor has obstructed the administration by the administrator or when there is any change in circumstances, the enforcement court may, upon petition, void or change an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項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-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-3 An appeal may be filed against an order on the petition referred to in the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-97/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-1 - art-97/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-1 - art-97/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第九十七条第二項（建物使用の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-2 - 民事執行法 第九十七条第三項（建物使用の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-97/par-3 - 民事執行法 第九十八条第二項（収益等の分与） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-98/par-2 --- ## 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