# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) - 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（法人の破産手続開始の申立て） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（法人の破産手続開始の申立て） — (Petition to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings Against Corporations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる法人については、それぞれ当該各号に定める者は、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1 A petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings for a corporation stated in the following items may be filed by the person that the relevant item prescribes: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一般社団法人又は一般財団法人　理事 art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1/item-1 a general incorporated association or general incorporation foundation:director; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式会社又は相互会社（保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第五項に規定する相互会社をいう。第百五十条第六項第三号において同じ。）　取締役 art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1/item-2 a stock company or mutual company (meaning a mutual company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Insurance Business Act (Act No. 105 of 1995; the same applies in Article 150, paragraph (6), item (iii))):a company director; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 合名会社、合資会社又は合同会社　業務を執行する社員 art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1/item-3 a general partnership company, limited partnership company, or limited liability company:a member that conducts business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項各号に掲げる法人については、清算人も、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-2 A liquidator may also file a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings against a corporation stated in any of the items of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により第一項各号に掲げる法人について破産手続開始の申立てをする場合には、理事、取締役、業務を執行する社員又は清算人の全員が破産手続開始の申立てをするときを除き、破産手続開始の原因となる事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-3 When filing a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs against a corporation stated in any of the items of paragraph (1), a prima facie showing of the fact constituting the cause for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings must be made, except when the petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed by all of its company directors, members conducting business, or liquidators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、第一項各号に掲げる法人以外の法人について準用する。 art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a corporation other than those listed in the items of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 法人については、その解散後であっても、残余財産の引渡し又は分配が終了するまでの間は、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-5 A petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings for a corporation may be filed up until the delivery or distribution of its residual assets is completed, even after its dissolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1/item-2: 保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第五項 → e-Gov law 407AC0000000105, 第二条第五項 (Article 2, paragraph (5)), art-2/par-5 — not held in this collection - art-19/par-1/item-2: 第百五十条第六項第三号 → 破産法 第百五十条第六項第三号 (Article 150, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-150/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-150/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-150/par-6/item-3 - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-2 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-2 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第十九条第二項（法人の破産手続開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-2 - 破産法 第十九条第三項（法人の破産手続開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-3 - 破産法 第十九条第四項（法人の破産手続開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-19/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19