# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百八十九条 (Article 189) - Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号 - English title "Code of Civil Procedure": 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: 第百八十九条 (Article 189)（過料の裁判の執行） — address `art-189` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十九条（過料の裁判の執行） — (Enforcement of a Judicial Decision for a Civil Fine) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189 **第一項** この章の規定による過料の裁判は、検察官の命令で執行する。この命令は、執行力のある債務名義と同一の効力を有する。 art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-1 A judicial decision for a civil fine under the provisions of this Chapter is executed by order of the public prosecutor. This order has the same effect as an enforceable title of obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 過料の裁判の執行は、民事執行法（昭和五十四年法律第四号）その他強制執行の手続に関する法令の規定に従ってする。ただし、執行をする前に裁判の送達をすることを要しない。 art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-2 A judicial decision for a civil fine is enforced pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Enforcement Act (Act No. 4 of 1979) and other laws and regulations concerning procedures for judicial enforcement; provided, however, that it is not necessary to serve a person with the judicial decision before executing it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）第七編第二章（第五百十一条、第五百十一条の二及び第五百十三条第七項から第十項までを除く。）の規定は、過料の裁判の執行について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「者若しくは裁判の執行の対象となるもの」とあるのは「者」と、「裁判の執行の対象となるもの若しくは裁判」とあるのは「裁判」と読み替えるものとする。 art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-3 The provisions of Part VII, Chapter II of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) (excluding Articles 511 and 511-2 and Article 513, paragraphs (7) through (10)) apply mutatis mutandis to the execution of a judicial decision for a civil fine. In such a case, in paragraph (1) of that Article, the phrase "person or the thing that is the subject of the execution of the judicial decision" is deemed to be replaced with "person", and the phrase "the thing that is the subject of the execution of the judicial decision or the judicial decision" is deemed to be replaced with "the judicial decision". machine translation, not official **第四項** 過料の裁判の執行があった後に当該裁判（以下この項において「原裁判」という。）に対して即時抗告があった場合において、抗告裁判所が当該即時抗告を理由があると認めて原裁判を取り消して更に過料の裁判をしたときは、その金額の限度において当該過料の裁判の執行があったものとみなす。この場合において、原裁判の執行によって得た金額が当該過料の金額を超えるときは、その超過額は、これを還付しなければならない。 art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-4 If an immediate appeal is filed against a judicial decision for a civil fine after that judicial decision (referred to below as a "original judicial decision" in this paragraph) is executed, and the court in charge of the appeal finds there to be grounds for immediate appeal, sets aside the original judicial decision, and reaches another judicial decision for a civil fine, its judicial decision for that civil fine is deemed to have been executed to the extent of the amount of the original judicial decision. In such a case, if the amount obtained as a result of the enforcement of the original judicial decision exceeds the amount of that civil fine, the amount in excess must be refunded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-189/par-3: 第五百十一条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第五百十一条 (Article 511), art-511 — not held in this collection - art-189/par-3: 第五百十一条の二 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第五百十一条の二 (Article 511-2), art-511-2 — not held in this collection - art-189/par-3: 第五百十三条第七項から第十項まで → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第五百十三条第七項 (Article 513, paragraph (7)), art-513/par-7 — not held in this collection - art-189/par-3: 同条第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第五百十三条第一項 (Article 513, paragraph (1)), art-513/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-189/par-4: この項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十九条第四項 (Article 189, paragraph (4)), art-189/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働審判法 第十七条第二項（証拠調べ等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-17/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百八十九条第四項（過料の裁判の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-189/par-4 - 民事訴訟法 第三百三条第五項（控訴権の濫用に対する制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-303/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-303/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第三百八十一条第三項（過料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-381/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-381/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 附則第七条第一項（過料事件に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4161-152/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4161-152/art-7/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17