# 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-5011-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2
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## 附　則 令和元年五月一七日法律第二号
<sup>suppl-5011-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/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、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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  **一**  附則第二十条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 20 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（売却の手続に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Sales Procedures
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  第一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。）第六十五条の二及び第六十八条の四（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日前に裁判所書記官が売却を実施させる旨の処分をした場合における当該処分に係る売却の手続については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 65-2 and 68-4 (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules) of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Civil Enforcement Act") do not apply to the sale procedure under a disposition by a court clerk to have a sale implemented, in the case where the court clerk made that disposition before the Effective Date.
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**第二項**  施行日前に裁判所書記官が売却を実施させる旨の処分をした場合における売却不許可事由については、新民事執行法第七十一条（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-2</sup>
With regard to grounds for not permitting a sale in the case where a court clerk made a disposition to have a sale implemented before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 71 of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
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### 第三条（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Collection of a Monetary Claim by an Attaching Obligee, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る金銭債権を差し押さえた債権者がその債権を取り立てることができるようになるための期間については、新民事執行法第百五十五条第二項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to the period after which an obligee who has seized a monetary claim relating to a civil enforcement case for which a petition was filed before the Effective Date becomes able to collect that claim, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 155, paragraph (2) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
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**第二項**  施行日前に第一条の規定による改正前の民事執行法第百五十五条第一項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定により差押債権者が金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなった場合における新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定の適用については、同条第五項中「第一項の規定により金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなつた日（」とあるのは「民事執行法及び国際的な子の奪取の民事上の側面に関する条約の実施に関する法律の一部を改正する法律（令和元年法律第二号。以下「民事執行法等一部改正法」という。）の施行の日（同日以降に」と、同条第六項中「第一項の規定により金銭債権を取り立てることができることとなつた日」とあるのは「民事執行法等一部改正法の施行の日」とする。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 155, paragraphs (5) through (8) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules; the same applies below in this paragraph) in the case where, before the Effective Date, an attaching obligee has become able to collect a monetary claim under Article 155, paragraph (1) of the Civil Enforcement Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (including where they apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules), the phrase "the date when it is permitted to collect a monetary claim pursuant to paragraph (1) (" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Execution Act and the Act for Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Act No. 2 of 2019; hereinafter referred to as the 'Civil Enforcement Act, etc. Partial Amendment Act') comes into effect (on or after that date," and the phrase "the date when it is permitted to collect a monetary claim pursuant to paragraph (1)" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the Civil Enforcement Act, etc. Partial Amendment Act comes into effect."
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**第三項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る新民事執行法第百五十九条第一項又は第百六十一条第一項（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定による決定の効力については、新民事執行法第百五十九条第六項及び第百六十一条第五項（これらを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3</sup>
Regarding the effect of an order under Article 159, paragraph (1) or Article 161, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where these apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules) in a civil enforcement case petitioned for before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 159, paragraph (6) and Article 161, paragraph (5) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where these apply mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by their rules).
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**第四項**  施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件に係る配当又は弁済金の交付を実施すべき時期については、新民事執行法第百六十六条第三項（これを準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4</sup>
Regarding the time at which distribution or payment is to be implemented in a civil enforcement case petitioned for before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 166, paragraph (3) of the New Civil Enforcement Act (including cases where it applies mutatis mutandis or where a case is governed by its rules).
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### 第四条（子の引渡しの強制執行に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Judicial Enforcement for the Handover of a Child
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条までの規定は、施行日前に申し立てられた子の引渡しを目的とする請求権についての強制執行の事件については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 174 through 176 of the New Civil Enforcement Act do not apply to a case of judicial enforcement, petitioned for before the Effective Date, of a claim for the handover of a child.
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### 第五条（第三者からの情報取得手続に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Procedures for Acquiring Information from a Third Party
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  新民事執行法第二百五条の規定は、この法律の公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日までの間は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 205 of the New Civil Enforcement Act do not apply until the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation of this Act.
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### 第六条（調整規定） — Adjustment Provisions
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  施行日が附則第一条第二号に定める日前となる場合には、同日の前日までの間における新民事執行法第二百七条第一項の規定の適用については、同項第一号中「民法第四百六十六条の五第一項に規定する預貯金債権」とあるのは、「預金口座又は貯金口座に係る預金又は貯金に係る債権」とする。
<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1</sup>
If the Effective Date is before the date provided for in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, with regard to the application of Article 207, paragraph (1) of the New Civil Enforcement Act during the period up to the day before that date, the phrase "the claim for deposits provided for in Article 466-5, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "claim relating to deposits or savings in a deposit account or savings account".
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### 第七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前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-5011-2/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date.
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### 第二十条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-5011-2/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-20</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-5011-2/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-20/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.
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## Cites
- suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第二十条 → 民事執行法 附則第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20), suppl-5011-2/art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-20
- suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-1: 第六十五条の二 → 民事執行法 第六十五条の二 (Article 65-2), art-65-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-65-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-65-2
- suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-1: 第六十八条の四 → 民事執行法 第六十八条の四 (Article 68-4), art-68-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-68-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-68-4
- suppl-5011-2/art-2/par-2: 新民事執行法第七十一条 → 民事執行法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-71
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-1: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第二項 (Article 155, paragraph (2)), art-155/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-2
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第五項 (Article 155, paragraph (5)), art-155/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-5
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第六項 (Article 155, paragraph (6)), art-155/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-6
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第七項 (Article 155, paragraph (7)), art-155/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-7
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 新民事執行法第百五十五条第五項から第八項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第八項 (Article 155, paragraph (8)), art-155/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-8
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: この項 → 民事執行法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第百五十五条第一項 (Article 155, paragraph (1)), art-155/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-155/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 新民事執行法第百五十九条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 第百六十一条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条第一項 (Article 161, paragraph (1)), art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 新民事執行法第百五十九条第六項 → 民事執行法 第百五十九条第六項 (Article 159, paragraph (6)), art-159/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-159/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-159/par-6
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-3: 第百六十一条第五項 → 民事執行法 第百六十一条第五項 (Article 161, paragraph (5)), art-161/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-161/par-5
- suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-4: 新民事執行法第百六十六条第三項 → 民事執行法 第百六十六条第三項 (Article 166, paragraph (3)), art-166/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-3
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十四条 (Article 174), art-174 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-174
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十五条 (Article 175), art-175 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-175 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-175
- suppl-5011-2/art-4/par-1: 新民事執行法第百七十四条から第百七十六条まで → 民事執行法 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-176
- suppl-5011-2/art-5/par-1: 新民事執行法第二百五条 → 民事執行法 第二百五条 (Article 205), art-205 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205
- suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1: 新民事執行法第二百七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項 (Article 207, paragraph (1)), art-207/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1: 同項第一号 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項第一号 (Article 207, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-207/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-1
- suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1: 民法第四百六十六条の五第一項 → 民法 第四百六十六条の五第一項 (Article 466-5, paragraph (1)), art-466-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-5/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 民事執行法 附則第三条第二項（差押債権者の金銭債権の取立て等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-3/par-2

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