# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百八十九条 (Article 189)

- 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: 第百八十九条 (Article 189)（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — address `art-189`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第百八十九条（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — (Orders of Permission for Extinguishment of Security Interests)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、被申立担保権者が第百八十七条第一項の期間内に同項の担保権の実行の申立てをしたことを証する書面を提出したことにより不許可の決定をする場合を除き、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じてそれぞれ当該各号に定める者を当該許可に係る売却の相手方とする第百八十六条第一項の許可の決定をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1</sup>
  Except when the court issues an order of non-permission by reason that a designated security interest holder has submitted, within the period referred to in Article 187, paragraph (1), a document that certifies their filing of the petition for exercise of security interests referred to in that paragraph, it must issue an order of permission referred to in Article 186, paragraph (1), designating the person specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items as the counterparty to the sale related to the permission:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  前条第八項に規定する届出がされなかった場合　第百八十六条第三項第三号の売却の相手方
    <sup>art-189/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1/item-1</sup>
    when the notification prescribed in paragraph (8) of the preceding Article has not been made:the counterparty to the sale stated in Article 186, paragraph (3), item (iii); or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  前条第八項に規定する届出がされた場合　同項に規定する買受希望者
    <sup>art-189/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when the notification prescribed in paragraph (8) of the preceding Article has been made:the purchase applicant prescribed in that paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項第二号に掲げる場合において、同項の許可の決定が確定したときは、破産管財人と当該許可に係る同号に定める買受希望者（以下この節において「買受人」という。）との間で、第百八十六条第四項の書面に記載された内容と同一の内容（売却の相手方を除く。）の売買契約が締結されたものとみなす。この場合においては、買受けの申出の額を売買契約の売得金の額とみなす。
  <sup>art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-2</sup>
  In the case stated in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, when the order of permission stated in that paragraph has become final and binding, it is deemed that a sales contract with the same content as that stated in the document referred to in Article 186, paragraph (4) (excluding the counterparty to the sale) has been concluded between the bankruptcy trustee and the applicant for purchase specified in that item related to the permission (referred to below as the "purchaser" in this Section). In this case, the offered purchase price is deemed to be the amount of proceeds under the sales contract.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  第百八十六条第一項の申立てについての裁判があった場合には、その裁判が確定するまでの間、買受希望者（第一項第二号に定める買受希望者を除く。）は、当該買受希望者に係る買受けの申出を撤回することができる。
  <sup>art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-3</sup>
  When a judicial decision on the petition stated in Article 186, paragraph (1) is made, a purchase applicant (excluding the purchase applicant specified in paragraph (1), item (ii)) may withdraw the purchase offer made by them until the judicial decision becomes final and binding.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第百八十六条第一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。
  <sup>art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-4</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 186, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 186, item (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb</sup>

  **第五項**  第百八十六条第一項の申立てについての裁判又は前項の即時抗告についての裁判があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-189/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-5</sup>
  When a judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 186, paragraph (1) or a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph is made, the written judgment must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-189/par-1: 第百八十七条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1
- art-189/par-1: 第百八十六条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1
- art-189/par-1/item-1: 前条第八項 → 破産法 第百八十八条第八項 (Article 188, paragraph (8)), art-188/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-8
- art-189/par-1/item-1: 第百八十六条第三項第三号 → 破産法 第百八十六条第三項第三号 (Article 186, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-186/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-3/item-3
- art-189/par-1/item-2: 前条第八項 → 破産法 第百八十八条第八項 (Article 188, paragraph (8)), art-188/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-8
- art-189/par-2: 前項第二号 → 破産法 第百八十九条第一項第二号 (Article 189, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-189/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1/item-2
- art-189/par-2: 同項 → 破産法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1
- art-189/par-2: 第百八十六条第四項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第四項 (Article 186, paragraph (4)), art-186/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-4
- art-189/par-3: 第百八十六条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1
- art-189/par-3: 第一項第二号 → 破産法 第百八十九条第一項第二号 (Article 189, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-189/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1/item-2
- art-189/par-4: 第百八十六条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1
- art-189/par-5: 第百八十六条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1
- art-189/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第百八十九条第四項 (Article 189, paragraph (4)), art-189/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-4
- art-189/par-5: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第百八十七条第四項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-4
- 破産法 第百八十七条第六項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-6
- 破産法 第百八十八条第十項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-10
- 破産法 第百八十九条第二項（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-2
- 破産法 第百八十九条第三項（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-3
- 破産法 第百八十九条第五項（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-5
- 破産法 第百九十条第一項（金銭の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-1
- 破産法 第百九十条第一項第一号（金銭の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-1/item-1
- 破産法 第百九十条第一項第二号（金銭の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-1/item-2
- 破産法 第百九十条第六項（金銭の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-6

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## Sources

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- 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
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- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19
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