# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4301-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29
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## 附　則 平成三〇年五月二五日法律第二九号
<sup>suppl-4301-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、附則第五十条及び第五十二条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Articles 50 and 52 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四十五条（民事執行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Civil Enforcement Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-45</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件については、前条の規定による改正後の民事執行法第百二十一条及び第百八十九条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-45/par-1</sup>
With regard to a civil enforcement case for which a petition was filed before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 121 and 189 of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-51</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-51/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date and to acts committed on or after the Effective Date in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五十二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-52</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-52/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-29/art-1/par-1: 第五十二条 → 民事執行法 附則第五十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 52), suppl-4301-29/art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-52
- suppl-4301-29/art-45/par-1: 民事執行法第百二十一条 → 民事執行法 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-121
- suppl-4301-29/art-45/par-1: 第百八十九条 → 民事執行法 第百八十九条 (Article 189), art-189 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-189

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-4301-29/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-4301-29/art-1/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-20261019T093630-009, 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
