# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第三十二条 (Article 32)

- 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（破産手続開始の公告等） — address `art-32`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32
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### 第三十二条（破産手続開始の公告等） — (Public Notice of Commencement of Bankruptcy Proceedings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、破産手続開始の決定をしたときは、直ちに、次に掲げる事項を公告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1</sup>
  The court must immediately give a public notice of the following particulars when it has issued an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings:
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    **一**  破産手続開始の決定の主文
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the main text of the order commencing bankruptcy proceedings;
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    **二**  破産管財人の氏名又は名称
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the name of the bankruptcy trustee;
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    **三**  前条第一項の規定により定めた期間又は期日
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the period or date established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;
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    **四**  破産財団に属する財産の所持者及び破産者に対して債務を負担する者（第三項第二号において「財産所持者等」という。）は、破産者にその財産を交付し、又は弁済をしてはならない旨
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-4</sup>
    an order to the effect that a person that possesses property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate and a person that owes a debt to the bankrupt (referred to as a "possessor of property, etc." in paragraph (3), item (ii)) must not deliver the property or pay the bankrupt; and
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    **五**  第二百四条第一項第二号の規定による簡易配当をすることが相当と認められる場合にあっては、簡易配当をすることにつき異議のある破産債権者は裁判所に対し前条第一項第三号の期間の満了時又は同号の期日の終了時までに異議を述べるべき旨
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-5</sup>
    when it is found to be appropriate to make a simplified distribution under the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (1), item (ii), the order to the effect that any bankruptcy creditor that has an objection to the making of a simplified distribution should state the objection to the court before the expiration of the period stated in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article or before the end of the date stated in that item.
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  **第二項**  前条第五項の決定があったときは、裁判所は、前項各号に掲げる事項のほか、第四項本文及び第五項本文において準用する次項第一号、次条第三項本文並びに第百三十九条第三項本文の規定による破産債権者に対する通知をせず、かつ、届出をした破産債権者を債権者集会の期日に呼び出さない旨をも公告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-2</sup>
  When an order under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article is issued, in addition to the particulars stated in the items of the preceding paragraph, the court must give a public notice to the effect that it will not give a notice to bankruptcy creditors under the provisions of item (i) of the following paragraph, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the main clauses of paragraph (4) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (3) of the following Article and the main clause of Article 139, paragraph (3), and that it will not summon holders of filed bankruptcy claims on the date of a creditors' meeting.
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  **第三項**  次に掲げる者には、前二項の規定により公告すべき事項を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3</sup>
  The following persons must be given a notice of the particulars of which a public notice should be made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs:
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    **一**  破産管財人、破産者及び知れている破産債権者
    <sup>art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-1</sup>
    a bankruptcy trustee, the bankrupt, and known bankruptcy creditors;
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    **二**  知れている財産所持者等
    <sup>art-32/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-2</sup>
    a known possessor of property, etc.;
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    **三**  第九十一条第二項に規定する保全管理命令があった場合における保全管理人
    <sup>art-32/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-3</sup>
    a temporary administrator when an order for temporary administration prescribed in Article 91, paragraph (2) is issued; and
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    **四**  労働組合等（破産者の使用人その他の従業者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときはその労働組合、破産者の使用人その他の従業者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときは破産者の使用人その他の従業者の過半数を代表する者をいう。第七十八条第四項及び第百三十六条第三項において同じ。）
    <sup>art-32/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-4</sup>
    a labor union, etc. (meaning a labor union consisting of the majority of a bankrupt's employees and other workers, if there is a labor union, or a person representative of the majority of a bankrupt's employees and other workers, if there is no labor union consisting of the majority of a bankrupt's employees and other workers; the same applies in Article 78, paragraph (4) and Article 136, paragraph (3)).
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  **第四項**  第一項第三号及び前項第一号の規定は、前条第三項の規定により同条第一項第一号の期間及び同項第三号の期間又は期日を定めた場合について準用する。ただし、同条第五項の決定があったときは、知れている破産債権者に対しては、当該通知をすることを要しない。
  <sup>art-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (1), item (iii) and item (i) of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if the period stated in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article and the period or date stated in item (iii) of the same paragraph are specified pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Article; provided, however, that when an order under paragraph (5) of the Article is issued, the notice is not required to be given to known bankruptcy creditors.
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  **第五項**  第一項第二号並びに第三項第一号及び第二号の規定は第一項第二号に掲げる事項に変更を生じた場合について、第一項第三号及び第三項第一号の規定は第一項第三号に掲げる事項に変更を生じた場合（前条第一項第一号の期間又は同項第二号の期日に変更を生じた場合に限る。）について準用する。ただし、同条第五項の決定があったときは、知れている破産債権者に対しては、当該通知をすることを要しない。
  <sup>art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-5</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3), item (i) and item (ii) apply mutatis mutandis if there is a change in the particulars stated in paragraph (1), item(ii), and the provisions of paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (3), item (i) apply mutatis mutandis if there is a change in the particulars stated in paragraph (1), item (iii) (limited to cases in which there is a change to the period stated in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article or the date stated in item (ii) of that paragraph); provided, however, that when an order under paragraph (5) of that Article is issued, the notice is not required to be given to known bankruptcy creditors.
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## Cites
- art-32/par-1/item-3: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1
- art-32/par-1/item-4: 第三項第二号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第二号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-32/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-2
- art-32/par-1/item-5: 第二百四条第一項第二号 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項第二号 (Article 204, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-204/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-2
- art-32/par-1/item-5: 前条第一項第三号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第三号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-31/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-3
- art-32/par-2: 前条第五項 → 破産法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5
- art-32/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1
- art-32/par-2: 第四項 → 破産法 第三十二条第四項 (Article 32, paragraph (4)), art-32/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-4
- art-32/par-2: 第五項 → 破産法 第三十二条第五項 (Article 32, paragraph (5)), art-32/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-5
- art-32/par-2: 次項第一号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第一号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-32/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-1
- art-32/par-2: 次条第三項 → 破産法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-33/par-3
- art-32/par-2: 第百三十九条第三項 → 破産法 第百三十九条第三項 (Article 139, paragraph (3)), art-139/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-3
- art-32/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1
- art-32/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-2
- art-32/par-3/item-3: 第九十一条第二項 → 破産法 第九十一条第二項 (Article 91, paragraph (2)), art-91/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-91/par-2
- art-32/par-3/item-4: 第七十八条第四項 → 破産法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-4
- art-32/par-3/item-4: 第百三十六条第三項 → 破産法 第百三十六条第三項 (Article 136, paragraph (3)), art-136/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3
- art-32/par-4: 第一項第三号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第三号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-32/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-3
- art-32/par-4: 前項第一号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第一号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-32/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-1
- art-32/par-4: 前条第三項 → 破産法 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-3
- art-32/par-4: 同条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-1
- art-32/par-4: 同項第三号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第三号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-31/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-3
- art-32/par-4: 同条第五項 → 破産法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5
- art-32/par-5: 第一項第二号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第二号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-2
- art-32/par-5: 第三項第一号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第一号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-32/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-1
- art-32/par-5: 第二号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第二号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-32/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-2
- art-32/par-5: 第一項第三号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第三号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-32/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-3
- art-32/par-5: 前条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-1
- art-32/par-5: 同項第二号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第二号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-31/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-2
- art-32/par-5: 同条第五項 → 破産法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5

## Cited by

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- 破産法 第三十一条第五項（破産手続開始の決定と同時に定めるべき事項等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5
- 破産法 第三十二条第一項第四号（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-4
- 破産法 第三十二条第二項（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-2
- 破産法 第三十二条第三項（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3
- 破産法 第三十二条第四項（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-4
- 破産法 第三十二条第五項（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-5
- 破産法 第三十三条第三項（抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-33/par-3
- 破産法 第五十一条第一項（善意又は悪意の推定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-51/par-1
- 破産法 第九十六条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-96/par-1
- 破産法 第百三十六条第二項（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-2
- 破産法 第百三十六条第三項（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3
- 破産法 第二百四条第一項第二号（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-2
- 破産法 第二百十六条第六項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-6
- 破産法 第二百四十六条第四項（外国管財人の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-4
- 破産法 第二百六十四条第三項（責任制限手続の廃止の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-264/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-264/par-3

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