# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

- 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: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（少額訴訟債権執行に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-152/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第十条（少額訴訟債権執行に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Enforcement Against a Claim Arising from a Small Claims Action
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  新民事執行法第二章第二節第四款第二目の規定は、この法律の施行前に成立した新民事執行法第百六十七条の二第一項各号に掲げる少額訴訟に係る債務名義による金銭債権に対する強制執行については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Chapter II, Section 2, Subsection 4, Division 2 of the New Civil Enforcement Act do not apply to judicial enforcement against a monetary claim based on a title of obligation arising from a small claims action stated in any of the items of Article 167-2, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Enforcement Act that was established before this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の日が不動産登記法の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律（平成十六年法律第百二十四号）の施行の日前である場合には、同法の施行の日の前日までの間における新民事執行法第百六十七条の十四の規定の適用については、同条中「第百六十四条第五項及び第六項」とあるのは「第百六十四条第四項及び第五項」と、「第百六十四条第五項中」とあるのは「第百六十四条第四項中」とする。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2</sup>
If the date on which this Act comes into effect is before the date on which the Act on the Maintenance of Related Acts Accompanying the Enforcement of the Real Property Registration Act (Act No. 124 of 2004) comes into effect, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 167-14 of the New Civil Enforcement Act during the period up to the day preceding the date on which that Act comes into effect, the phrase "Article 164, paragraphs (5) and (6)" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 164, paragraphs (4) and (5)," and the phrase "Article 164, paragraph (5)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 164, paragraph (4)."
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-1: 新民事執行法第百六十七条の二第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1)), art-167-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1
- suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2: 新民事執行法第百六十七条の十四 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十四 (Article 167-14), art-167-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-14
- suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2: 第百六十四条第五項 → 民事執行法 第百六十四条第五項 (Article 164, paragraph (5)), art-164/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-164/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-164/par-5
- suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2: 第六項 → 民事執行法 第百六十四条第六項 (Article 164, paragraph (6)), art-164/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-164/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-164/par-6
- suppl-4161-152/art-10/par-2: 第百六十四条第四項 → 民事執行法 第百六十四条第四項 (Article 164, paragraph (4)), art-164/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-164/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-164/par-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 附則第四十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-40/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-20261019T093630-008, 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
