# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百二十一条 (Article 221) - 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: 第二百二十一条 (Article 221)（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — address `art-221` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十一条（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — Effect of Entries in Schedule of Bankruptcy Creditors After Discontinuance or Completion of Bankruptcy Proceedings caption: machine translation, not official art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221 **第一項** 第二百十七条第一項若しくは第二百十八条第一項の規定による破産手続廃止の決定が確定したとき、又は前条第一項の規定による破産手続終結の決定があったときは、確定した破産債権については、破産債権者表の記載は、破産者に対し、確定判決と同一の効力を有する。この場合において、破産債権者は、確定した破産債権について、当該破産者に対し、破産債権者表の記載により強制執行をすることができる。 art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-1 When an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Article 217, paragraph (1) or Article 218, paragraph (1) becomes final and binding or when an order of completion of bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is issued, with regard to bankruptcy claims that are finalized, the entries in the schedule of bankruptcy creditors have the same effect as a final and binding judgment against the bankrupt. In this case, a bankruptcy creditor may execute enforcement against the bankrupt based on the entries in the schedule of bankruptcy creditors with regard to a bankruptcy claim that has been finalized. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定は、破産者（第百二十一条第三項ただし書の代理人を含む。）が第百十八条第二項、第百十九条第五項、第百二十一条第四項（同条第六項（同条第七項又は第百二十二条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第七項又は第百二十二条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第百二十三条第一項の規定による異議を述べた場合には、適用しない。 art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply when the bankrupt (including the agent referred to in the proviso to Article 121, paragraph (3)) has made an objection pursuant to the provisions of Article 118, paragraph (2), Article 119, paragraph (5), Article 121, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 121, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article or Article 122, paragraph (2)) or Article 121, paragraph (7) or Article 122, paragraph (2)) or Article 123, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-221/par-1: 第二百十七条第一項 → 破産法 第二百十七条第一項 (Article 217, paragraph (1)), art-217/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-217/par-1 - art-221/par-1: 第二百十八条第一項 → 破産法 第二百十八条第一項 (Article 218, paragraph (1)), art-218/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-218/par-1 - art-221/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220/par-1 - art-221/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百二十一条第一項 (Article 221, paragraph (1)), art-221/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-1 - art-221/par-2: 第百二十一条第三項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第三項 (Article 121, paragraph (3)), art-121/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-3 - art-221/par-2: 第百十八条第二項 → 破産法 第百十八条第二項 (Article 118, paragraph (2)), art-118/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-2 - art-221/par-2: 第百十九条第五項 → 破産法 第百十九条第五項 (Article 119, paragraph (5)), art-119/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-5 - art-221/par-2: 第百二十一条第四項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第四項 (Article 121, paragraph (4)), art-121/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-4 - art-221/par-2: 同条第六項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第六項 (Article 121, paragraph (6)), art-121/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-6 - art-221/par-2: 同条第七項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第七項 (Article 121, paragraph (7)), art-121/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-7 - art-221/par-2: 第百二十二条第二項 → 破産法 第百二十二条第二項 (Article 122, paragraph (2)), art-122/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-2 - art-221/par-2: 第百二十三条第一項 → 破産法 第百二十三条第一項 (Article 123, paragraph (1)), art-123/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-123/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百二十一条第二項（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/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-20261019T021325-003, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19