# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（執行裁判所の執行処分その他の行為等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-152/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8
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### 第八条（執行裁判所の執行処分その他の行為等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Enforcement Measures and Other Acts of the Enforcement Court, Etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8</sup>

**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、その施行前にした第三条の規定による改正前の民事執行法（以下「旧民事執行法」という。）の規定による執行裁判所の執行処分その他の行為であって同条の規定による改正後の民事執行法（以下「新民事執行法」という。）の規定によれば裁判所書記官がすべきこととされるものに関する新民事執行法の規定の適用については、新民事執行法の相当規定によってした裁判所書記官の処分その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1</sup>
With regard to a civil enforcement case for which a petition was filed before this Act comes into effect, for the application of the provisions of the New Civil Enforcement Act to an enforcement measure or other act of the enforcement court under the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Civil Enforcement Act") taken before this Act comes into effect, which under the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by the provisions of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "New Civil Enforcement Act") is to be done by the court clerk, it is deemed to be a disposition or other act of the court clerk taken under the corresponding provisions of the New Civil Enforcement Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の執行裁判所の執行処分その他の行為に対する不服申立てについては、当該執行処分その他の行為につき同項の規定を適用せず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2</sup>
With regard to a petition for review against an enforcement measure or other act of the enforcement court referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply to that enforcement measure or other act, and the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  この法律の施行前に旧民事執行法第六十八条の三第二項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定による執行裁判所が売却を実施させるべき旨の申出があった場合において、この法律の施行の日までに執行裁判所が当該申出に係る売却を実施させる旨の命令を発しなかったときは、当該申出は、新民事執行法第六十八条の三第二項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定による裁判所書記官が売却を実施させるべき旨の申出とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-3</sup>
If, before this Act comes into effect, a petition has been made under Article 68-3, paragraph (2) of the Former Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules) to the effect that the enforcement court is to have a sale implemented, and the enforcement court has not issued an order to have the sale implemented pursuant to that petition by the date on which this Act comes into effect, that petition is deemed to be a petition to the effect that the court clerk is to have a sale implemented under Article 68-3, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-1
- suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-3: 新民事執行法第六十八条の三第二項 → 民事執行法 第六十八条の三第二項 (Article 68-3, paragraph (2)), art-68-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-68-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-68-3/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 附則第八条第二項（執行裁判所の執行処分その他の行為等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4161-152/art-8/par-2
- 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
