# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)
- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（経過措置） — address `suppl-3541-4/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4
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### 第四条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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suppl-3541-4/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4
**第一項** この法律の施行前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1
With regard to civil enforcement cases for which a petition was filed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項** この法律の施行前にした前条の規定による改正前の民事訴訟法又は附則第二条の規定による廃止前の競売法の規定による執行処分その他の行為は、この法律の適用については、この法律の相当規定によつてした執行処分その他の行為とみなす。
suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2
An enforcement measure or other act taken before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure prior to its amendment under the provisions of the preceding Article or the provisions of the Auction Act prior to its repeal under the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed, for the purpose of the application of this Act, to be an enforcement measure or other act taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of this Act.
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**第三項** 前二項に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行の際、現に裁判所に係属し、又は執行官が取り扱つている事件の処理に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the matters necessary for the handling of cases that are pending before a court or being handled by a court enforcement officer at the time this Act comes into effect are prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
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## Cites
- suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2: 附則第二条 → 民事執行法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3541-4/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-2
- suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-1
- suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-2
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 民事執行法 附則第四条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-4/par-3
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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-20261019T093630-006, 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