# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百二十五条 (Article 225) - 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: 第二百二十五条 (Article 225)（破産手続開始の申立期間） — address `art-225` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-225 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-225 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十五条（破産手続開始の申立期間） — (Period for Filing a Petition to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-225 **第一項** 相続財産については、民法第九百四十一条第一項の規定により財産分離の請求をすることができる間に限り、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。ただし、限定承認又は財産分離があったときは、相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済が完了するまでの間も、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-225/par-1 A petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings may be filed against an estate only within the period during which a request for division of property may be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 941, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; provided, however, that if qualified acceptance is made or division of property is conducted, a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings may be made until payment to creditors of the succession and legatees is completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-225/par-1: 民法第九百四十一条第一項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第一項 (Article 941, paragraph (1)), art-941/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四十条第三項（相続債権者、受遺者及び相続人の債権者の地位） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-240/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-240/par-3 --- ## 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