# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42) - 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（他の手続の失効等） — address `art-42` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、同項に規定する強制執行、仮差押え、仮処分、一般の先取特権の実行及び企業担保権の実行の手続並びに外国租税滞納処分で、破産財団に属する財産に対して既にされているものは、破産財団に対してはその効力を失う。ただし、同項に規定する強制執行又は一般の先取特権の実行（以下この条において「強制執行又は先取特権の実行」という。）の手続については、破産管財人において破産財団のためにその手続を続行することを妨げない。 art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the procedures for enforcement, provisional seizure, provisional disposition, exercise of a general statutory lien or exercise of an enterprise mortgage or disposal of foreign tax delinquency prescribed in that paragraph, which have already been initiated against property that belong to the bankruptcy estate, cease to be effective in relation to the bankruptcy estate; provided, however, that with regard to the procedure for enforcement or exercise of a general statutory lien prescribed in that paragraph (referred to below as "enforcement or exercise of a statutory lien" in this Article), this does not preclude a bankruptcy trustee from continuing the procedure in the interest of the bankruptcy estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項ただし書の規定により続行された強制執行又は先取特権の実行の手続については、民事執行法第六十三条及び第百二十九条（これらの規定を同法その他強制執行の手続に関する法令において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、適用しない。 art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-3 With regard to the procedure for enforcement or exercise of a statutory lien continued pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 63 and Article 129 of the Civil Enforcement Act (including cases in which these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that Act or other laws and regulations concerning a procedure for enforcement) do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項ただし書の規定により続行された強制執行又は先取特権の実行の手続に関する破産者に対する費用請求権は、財団債権とする。 art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-4 A claim for expenses against the bankrupt for the procedure for enforcement or exercise of a statutory lien continued pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) is a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項ただし書の規定により続行された強制執行又は先取特権の実行に対する第三者異議の訴えについては、破産管財人を被告とする。 art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-5 With regard to a third party action against the enforcement or exercise of a statutory lien continued pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2), the bankruptcy trustee stands as a defendant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 破産手続開始の決定があったときは、破産債権又は財団債権に基づく財産開示手続（民事執行法第百九十六条に規定する財産開示手続をいう。以下この項並びに第二百四十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）又は第三者からの情報取得手続（同法第二百四条に規定する第三者からの情報取得手続をいう。以下この項並びに第二百四十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）の申立てはすることができず、破産債権又は財団債権に基づく財産開示手続及び第三者からの情報取得手続はその効力を失う。 art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-6 If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, no petition may be filed for an asset disclosure procedure (meaning an asset disclosure procedure prescribed in Article 196 of the Civil Enforcement Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and Article 249, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) or procedure for acquiring information from a third party (meaning the procedures for acquiring information from third parties prescribed in Article 204 of that Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and Article 249, paragraphs (1) and (2)) based on a bankruptcy claim or claim on the estate, and an asset disclosure procedure and a procedure for acquiring information from a third party based on a bankruptcy claim or claim on the estate, cease to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, no petition may be filed for a property disclosure procedure (meaning an assets disclosure procedure prescribed in Article 196 of the Civil Enforcement Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and Article 249, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) or procedure for acquiring information from a third party (meaning the procedures for acquiring information from third parties prescribed in Article 204 of that Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and Article 249, paragraphs (1) and (2)) based on a bankruptcy claim or claim on the estate, and a property disclosure procedure and a procedure for acquiring information from a third party based on a bankruptcy claim or claim on the estate, cease to be effective." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb --- ## Cites - art-42/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-1 - art-42/par-2: この条 → 破産法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42 - art-42/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-2 - art-42/par-3: 民事執行法第六十三条 → 民事執行法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-63 - art-42/par-3: 第百二十九条 → 民事執行法 第百二十九条 (Article 129), art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-129 - art-42/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-2 - art-42/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-2 - art-42/par-6: 民事執行法第百九十六条 → 民事執行法 第百九十六条 (Article 196), art-196 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-196 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-196 - art-42/par-6: この項 → 破産法 第四十二条第六項 (Article 42, paragraph (6)), art-42/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-6 - art-42/par-6: 第二百四十九条第一項 → 破産法 第二百四十九条第一項 (Article 249, paragraph (1)), art-249/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-249/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-249/par-1 - art-42/par-6: 第二項 → 破産法 第二百四十九条第二項 (Article 249, paragraph (2)), art-249/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-249/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-249/par-2 - art-42/par-6: 同法第二百四条 → 民事執行法 第二百四条 (Article 204), art-204 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-204 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第四十二条第二項（他の手続の失効等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-2 - 破産法 第四十二条第三項（他の手続の失効等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-3 - 破産法 第四十二条第四項（他の手続の失効等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-4 - 破産法 第四十二条第五項（他の手続の失効等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-5 - 破産法 第四十二条第六項（他の手続の失効等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-42/par-6 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act (破産法), Article 42, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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