# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5041-48/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して四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。 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding four years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第三条の規定並びに附則第六十条中商業登記法（昭和三十八年法律第百二十五号）第五十二条第二項の改正規定及び附則第百二十五条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 3, the provision in Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Commercial Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1963), and the provisions of Article 125 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **二** 第一条の規定、第四条中民事訴訟費用等に関する法律第二十八条の二第一項の改正規定及び同法別表第一の一七の項イ（イ）の改正規定（「取消しの申立て」の下に「、秘匿決定を求める申立て、秘匿事項記載部分の閲覧等の請求をすることができる者を秘匿決定に係る秘匿対象者に限る決定を求める申立て、秘匿決定等の取消しの申立て、秘匿決定等により閲覧等が制限される部分につき閲覧等をすることの許可を求める申立て」を加える部分に限る。）、第五条中人事訴訟法第三十五条の改正規定、第六条の規定並びに第九条中民事執行法第百五十六条の改正規定、同法第百五十七条第四項の改正規定、同法第百六十一条第一項の改正規定、同法第百六十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第百六十五条第一号の改正規定、同法第百六十六条第一項第一号の改正規定、同法第百六十七条の十第一項の改正規定及び同法第百六十七条の十四第一項の改正規定並びに附則第四十五条及び第四十八条の規定、附則第七十一条中民事保全法（平成元年法律第九十一号）第五十条第五項の改正規定、附則第七十三条の規定、附則第八十二条中組織的な犯罪の処罰及び犯罪収益の規制等に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百三十六号）第三十条第四項の改正規定及び同法第三十六条第五項の改正規定並びに附則第八十六条、第九十一条、第九十八条、第百十二条、第百十五条及び第百十七条の規定　公布の日から起算して九月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 1, the provisions amending Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings and the provisions amending row 17, (a)(i) of Appended Table 1 of that Act (limited to the part inserting ", petition for an anonymity ruling, petition for a ruling limiting the persons who may request access to the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity to the person seeking anonymity covered by the anonymity ruling, petition for revocation of an anonymity ruling or similar measures, petition for permission to access the part to which access is restricted by an anonymity ruling or similar measures" after "petition for revocation") in Article 4, the provisions amending Article 35 of the Personal Status Litigation Act in Article 5, the provisions of Article 6, and the provisions amending Article 156 of the Civil Enforcement Act, the provisions amending Article 157, paragraph (4) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 161, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 161 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 165, item (i) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 166, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 167-10, paragraph (1) of that Act and the provisions amending Article 167-14, paragraph (1) of that Act in Article 9, and the provisions of Article 45 and Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 50, paragraph (5) of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act (Act No. 91 of 1989) in Article 71 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 73 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 30, paragraph (4) of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime (Act No. 136 of 1999) and the provisions amending Article 36, paragraph (5) of that Act in Article 82 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 86, Article 91, Article 98, Article 112, Article 115 and Article 117 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **三** 略 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-3 Omitted machine translation, not official **四** 第二条中民事訴訟法第八十七条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び第八条の規定並びに附則第四条、第四十九条、第六十五条、第七十条、第七十八条及び第八十三条の規定、附則第八十七条中犯罪被害者等の権利利益の保護を図るための刑事手続に付随する措置に関する法律（平成十二年法律第七十五号）第四十条の改正規定（「第八十七条」の下に「、第八十七条の二」を加える部分に限る。）、附則第八十八条、第九十三条、第九十六条及び第百三条の規定並びに附則第百十八条中消費者の財産的被害等の集団的な回復のための民事の裁判手続の特例に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第九十六号）第五十三条の改正規定（「第八十七条」の下に「、第八十七条の二」を加える部分に限る。）　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 suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-4 the provisions in Article 2 adding one Article after Article 87 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the provisions of Article 8, the provisions of Articles 4, 49, 65, 70, 78 and 83 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions in Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 40 of the Act on Measures Incidental to Criminal Proceedings for Protecting the Rights and Interests of Crime Victims (Act No. 75 of 2000) (limited to the part adding ", Article 87-2" after "Article 87"), the provisions of Articles 88, 93, 96 and 103 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions in Article 118 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 53 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Damage Incurred by Consumers (Act No. 96 of 2013) (limited to the part adding ", Article 87-2" after "Article 87"): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-48/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第百二十五条 → 民事執行法 附則第百二十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 125), suppl-5041-48/art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5041-48/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5041-48/art-125 --- ## 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-20261019T093630-010, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-010, 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