# 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-5061-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33
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## 附　則 令和六年五月二四日法律第三三号
<sup>suppl-5061-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、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から施行する。ただし、附則第十六条から第十八条まで及び第十九条第一項の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 16 through Article 18 and Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第七条（民事執行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Civil Enforcement Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の民事執行法第百六十七条の十七（同法第百九十三条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日以後に申し立てられる民事執行の事件について適用し、施行日前に申し立てられた民事執行の事件については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 167-17 of the Civil Enforcement Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 193, paragraph (2) of that Act) apply to civil enforcement cases petitioned on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern civil enforcement cases petitioned before the Effective Date.
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### 第十六条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、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-5061-33/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-16/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十九条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-19</sup>

**第一項**
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1</sup>

**第二項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、改正後の各法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、父母の離婚後の子の養育に係る制度及び支援施策の在り方等について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-2</sup>
Approximately five years after this Act comes into effect, the government is to study the state of the system and support measures concerning the upbringing of children after the divorce of their parents, etc., taking into consideration the status of enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended, and if it finds it necessary, is to take necessary measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 附則第十六条から第十八条まで → 民事執行法 附則第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16), suppl-5061-33/art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-16
- suppl-5061-33/art-1/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 民事執行法 附則第十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (1)), suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/art-19/par-1
- suppl-5061-33/art-7/par-1: 民事執行法第百六十七条の十七 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十七 (Article 167-17), art-167-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-17
- suppl-5061-33/art-7/par-1: 同法第百九十三条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十三条第二項 (Article 193, paragraph (2)), art-193/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-193/par-2

## 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-5061-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5061-33/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-20261019T093630-011, 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-20261019T093630-011, 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
