Code of Civil Procedure Article 529

In cases where the principal action is yet to be initiated, the court issuing the provisional attachment ruling shall, on the debtor's motion, order the creditor to initiate the action within a designated period of time. Each of the following acts shall operate as the initiation of the action provided in the preceding paragraph:1. Applying for issuance of a payment order in accordance with the demand proceeding;2. Applying for mediation in accordance with the provisions of this Code;3. Making the demand provided in the second paragraph of Article 395;4. Instituting an arbitration proceeding in accordance with the applicable laws;5. Performing other preliminary proceeding which is required by the applicable laws to be performed prior to the initiation of an action;6. Where an application for provisional attachment is based on the right to claim for distribution of the remainder of a husband and wife's property and having applied for declaration of the separation of property regime in accordance with the provision of Article 1010 of the Civil Code.In cases provided in the sixth subparagraph of the preceding paragraph, the creditor shall, within ten days from the day when the ruling declaring the separation of property regime becomes final and binding, initiate an action to claim for distribution of the remainder of husband and wife's property.Where the creditor has failed either to initiate the action within the designated period of time provided in the first paragraph or to comply with the provision of the preceding paragraph, the debtor may move for revocation of the provisional attachment ruling to the court issuing such ruling.