# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百三十七条 (Article 237) - 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: 第二百三十七条 (Article 237)（破産債権者の同意による破産手続廃止の申立て） — address `art-237` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十七条（破産債権者の同意による破産手続廃止の申立て） — (Petition for Discontinuance of Bankruptcy Proceedings with the Consent of Bankruptcy Creditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-237 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237 **第一項** 相続財産の破産についての第二百十八条第一項の申立ては、相続人がする。 art-237/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237/par-1 A petition referred to in Article 218, paragraph (1) with regard to bankruptcy of an estate is to be filed by an heir. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相続人が数人あるときは、前項の申立ては、各相続人がすることができる。 art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237/par-2 If there are two or more heirs, each heir may file the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-237/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-237/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百三十七条第一項 (Article 237, paragraph (1)), art-237/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百三十七条第二項（破産債権者の同意による破産手続廃止の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-237/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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19