# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) - Law: 破産法 (Bankruptcy Act), 平成十六年法律第七十五号 - English title "Bankruptcy 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12 - 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. --- ### 第十二条（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — (Restrictions on Access of Detrimental Parts of Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12 **第一項** 次に掲げる文書等について、利害関係人がその閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又はその複製（以下この条において「閲覧等」という。）を行うことにより、破産財団（破産手続開始前にあっては、債務者の財産）の管理又は換価に著しい支障を生ずるおそれがある部分（以下この条において「支障部分」という。）があることにつき疎明があった場合には、裁判所は、当該文書等を提出した破産管財人又は保全管理人の申立てにより、支障部分の閲覧等の請求をすることができる者を、当該申立てをした者（その者が保全管理人である場合にあっては、保全管理人又は破産管財人。次項において同じ。）に限ることができる。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 If, with regard to the following documents and other materials, a prima facie showing is made to the effect that there is a part (referred to below in this Article as the "detrimental part") likely to be significantly detrimental to the administration or realization of the bankruptcy estate (prior to the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, the debtor's property) if an interested person conducts the inspection or copying of them, the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of them, or the reproduction of them (referred to below in this Article as "access"), the court, upon the petition of the bankruptcy trustee or temporary administrator that submitted the documents and other materials in question, may limit the persons that may make a request for access to the detrimental part to the person that has filed the petition (if that person is a temporary administrator, the temporary administrator or a bankruptcy trustee; the same applies in the following paragraph): machine translation, not official **一** 第三十六条、第四十条第一項ただし書若しくは同条第二項において準用する同条第一項ただし書（これらの規定を第九十六条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）、第七十八条第二項（第九十三条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第八十四条（第九十六条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第九十三条第一項ただし書の許可を得るために裁判所に提出された文書等 art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1/item-1 documents and other materials submitted to the court for the purpose of obtaining permission under Article 36, the proviso to Article 40, paragraph (1), or the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1)), Article 78, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 93, paragraph (3)), Article 84 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96, paragraph (1)) or the proviso to Article 93, paragraph (1); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百五十七条第二項の規定による報告に係る文書等 art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1/item-2 documents and other materials related to the report under the provisions of Article 157, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てがあったときは、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまで、利害関係人（同項の申立てをした者を除く。次項において同じ。）は、支障部分の閲覧等の請求をすることができない。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-2 When the petition stated in the preceding paragraph is filed, an interested person (excluding the one who filed the petition stated in that paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) may not make a request for access of the detrimental part until a judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 支障部分の閲覧等の請求をしようとする利害関係人は、破産裁判所に対し、第一項に規定する要件を欠くこと又はこれを欠くに至ったことを理由として、同項の規定による決定の取消しの申立てをすることができる。 art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-3 An interested person that intends to make a request for access of the detrimental part may file a petition to the bankruptcy court for reversal of the order issued under the provisions of paragraph (1), on the grounds that the requirement prescribed in that paragraph is not met or is no longer met. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てを却下する決定及び前項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against an order dismissing the petition stated in paragraph (1), and a judicial decision on the petition stated in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の規定による決定を取り消す決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-5 An order to reverse the order under the provisions of paragraph (1) does not become effective unless it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12 - art-12/par-1: 次項 → 破産法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-2 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第三十六条 → 破産法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-36 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第四十条第一項 → 破産法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-40/par-1 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 同条第二項 → 破産法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-40/par-2 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第九十六条第一項 → 破産法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-96/par-1 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第七十八条第二項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第九十三条第三項 → 破産法 第九十三条第三項 (Article 93, paragraph (3)), art-93/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-93/par-3 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第八十四条 → 破産法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-84 - art-12/par-1/item-1: 第九十三条第一項 → 破産法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-93/par-1 - art-12/par-1/item-2: 第百五十七条第二項 → 破産法 第百五十七条第二項 (Article 157, paragraph (2)), art-157/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157/par-2 - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-2: 次項 → 破産法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-3 - art-12/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-3 - art-12/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第十一条第一項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-1 - 破産法 第十二条第一項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1 - 破産法 第十二条第二項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-2 - 破産法 第十二条第三項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-3 - 破産法 第十二条第四項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-4 - 破産法 第十二条第五項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-5 - 破産法 第百四十六条第二項（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 破産法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000075/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-001, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19