# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百五十五条 (Article 255) - 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: 第二百五十五条 (Article 255)（復権） — address `art-255` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十五条（復権） — (Release from Restrictions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-255 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255 **第一項** 破産者は、次に掲げる事由のいずれかに該当する場合には、復権する。次条第一項の復権の決定が確定したときも、同様とする。 art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1 The bankrupt's rights are released from restrictions in any of the following cases. The same applies when an order of release from restrictions referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 免責許可の決定が確定したとき。 art-255/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-1 when an order to grant a discharge has become final and binding; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 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。 art-255/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-2 when an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings under the provisions of Article 218, paragraph (1) has become final and binding; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 再生計画認可の決定が確定したとき。 art-255/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-3 when an order of confirmation of the rehabilitation plan has become final and binding; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 破産者が、破産手続開始の決定後、第二百六十五条の罪について有罪の確定判決を受けることなく十年を経過したとき。 art-255/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-4 when ten years have elapsed after an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings was issued, and the bankrupt has not been given a final and binding judgment of conviction for the crime stated in Article 265 during this period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による復権の効果は、人の資格に関する法令の定めるところによる。 art-255/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-2 The effect of release from restrictions under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is as provided for by laws and regulations concerning personal qualifications. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 免責取消しの決定又は再生計画取消しの決定が確定したときは、第一項第一号又は第三号の規定による復権は、将来に向かってその効力を失う。 art-255/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-3 When an order of reversal of discharge or order of reversal of a rehabilitation plan becomes final and binding, the release from restrictions under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (iii) ceases to be effective from that time onwards. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-255/par-1: 次条第一項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 - art-255/par-1/item-2: 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-255/par-1/item-4: 第二百六十五条 → 破産法 第二百六十五条 (Article 265), art-265 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-265 - art-255/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十五条第一項 (Article 255, paragraph (1)), art-255/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1 - art-255/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 破産法 第二百五十五条第一項第一号 (Article 255, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-255/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-1 - art-255/par-3: 第三号 → 破産法 第二百五十五条第一項第三号 (Article 255, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-255/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百五十五条第二項（復権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-2 - 破産法 第二百五十五条第三項（復権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/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