Article 257Commission of Registration in Bankruptcy Proceedings of Corporations
第二百五十七条（法人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等）
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against a debtor that is a corporation, by their own authority, the court clerk must commission the registry office with jurisdiction over the locality of the head office or principal office of the bankrupt to register the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings without delay; provided, however, that if the bankrupt is a foreign corporation which is a foreign company, the commission must be made to the registry office with jurisdiction over the place of domicile of its representative person for Japan (limited to one who has a domicile in Japan) (in the case of a foreign company that has business offices in Japan, the location of each business office), and if the bankrupt is any other foreign corporation, the registry office with jurisdiction over the locality of each of its offices must be commissioned.
法人である債務者について破産手続開始の決定があったときは、裁判所書記官は、職権で、遅滞なく、破産手続開始の登記を当該破産者の本店又は主たる事務所の所在地を管轄する登記所に嘱託しなければならない。ただし、破産者が外国法人であるときは、外国会社にあっては日本における各代表者（日本に住所を有するものに限る。）の住所地（日本に営業所を設けた外国会社にあっては、当該各営業所の所在地）、その他の外国法人にあっては各事務所の所在地を管轄する登記所に嘱託しなければならない。
The registration referred to in the preceding paragraph must include the name and address of each bankruptcy trustee; if permission under the proviso to Article 76, paragraph (1) is granted for independent performance of duties by each bankruptcy trustee, a statement to that effect; and if permission under the proviso to that paragraph is granted for division of duties among bankruptcy trustees, a statement to that effect; and the content of the duties assigned to each bankruptcy trustee must be included.
The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when there is a change to any of the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
When an order for temporary administration is issued against the debtor referred to in paragraph (1), the court clerk must commission the registry office prescribed in that paragraph to make a registration of the order for temporary administration without delay by their own authority.
The registration referred to in the preceding paragraph must include the name and address of each temporary administrator; if permission stated in the proviso to Article 76, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1) is granted for independent performance of duties by each temporary administrator, a statement to that effect; and if permission stated in the proviso of Article 76, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1) is granted for division of duties among temporary administrators, a statement to that effect; and the content of the duties assigned to each temporary administrator must be included.
The provisions of paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis when an order to change or reverse the judicial decision prescribed in that paragraph is made or there is a change to any of the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis, with regard to the bankrupt stated in that paragraph if an order of reversal of the order commencing bankruptcy proceedings or an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings becomes final and binding, or an order for completion of bankruptcy proceedings is issued.
The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis if an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against the trust property of a limited liability trust. In this case, the phrase "the locality of the head office or principal office of the bankrupt" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the place of administration of affairs (meaning the place of administration of affairs prescribed in Article 216, paragraph (2) of the Trust Act) of the limited liability trust".