# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21) - 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — address `art-21` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21 - 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. --- ### 第二十一条（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — (Examination of Written Petition to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21 **第一項** 前条第一項の書面（以下この条において「破産手続開始の申立書」という。）に同項に規定する事項が記載されていない場合には、裁判所書記官は、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に不備を補正すべきことを命ずる処分をしなければならない。民事訴訟費用等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第四十号）の規定に従い破産手続開始の申立ての手数料を納付しない場合も、同様とする。 art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 When a document under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to below as a "written petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings") does not state the particulars prescribed in that paragraph, the court clerk must specify a reasonable period and make an action to order that the defect should be corrected within the specified period. The same applies if the fees for a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings required under the provisions of the Act on the Costs of Civil Procedure (Act No. 40 of 1971) are not paid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-2 The disposition stated in the preceding paragraph becomes effective when a notice is given in an appropriate manner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の処分に対しては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内に、異議の申立てをすることができる。 art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-3 An objection may be made to the action stated in paragraph (1) within an in alterable period of one week from the day on which a notice is received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立ては、執行停止の効力を有する。 art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-4 The objection stated in the preceding paragraph has the effect of a stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、第三項の異議の申立てがあった場合において、破産手続開始の申立書に第一項の処分において補正を命じた不備以外の不備があると認めるときは、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に当該不備を補正すべきことを命じなければならない。 art-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-5 If the objection under paragraph (3) is made, when the court finds in a written petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings any defect other than the defect for which it has ordered correction by the action stated in paragraph (1), the court must specify a reasonable period and order that the additional defect should be corrected within that period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項又は前項の場合において、破産手続開始の申立人が不備を補正しないときは、裁判長は、命令で、破産手続開始の申立書を却下しなければならない。 art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-6 In the case referred to in paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, if a petitioner for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings fails to correct the defect, the presiding judge must dismiss the written petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings by an order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-7 An immediate appeal may be filed against the order stated in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-21/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-20/par-1 - art-21/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21 - art-21/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-3 - art-21/par-5: 第三項 → 破産法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-3 - art-21/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-6: 第一項 → 破産法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-6: 前項 → 破産法 第二十一条第五項 (Article 21, paragraph (5)), art-21/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-5 - art-21/par-7: 前項 → 破産法 第二十一条第六項 (Article 21, paragraph (6)), art-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-6 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二十一条第一項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - 破産法 第二十一条第二項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-2 - 破産法 第二十一条第三項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-3 - 破産法 第二十一条第四項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-4 - 破産法 第二十一条第五項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-5 - 破産法 第二十一条第六項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-6 - 破産法 第二十一条第七項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-7 --- ## 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