# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — (Actions Relating to Bankruptcy Estates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44 **第一項** 破産手続開始の決定があったときは、破産者を当事者とする破産財団に関する訴訟手続は、中断する。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-1 When an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, any action relating to the bankruptcy estate in which the bankrupt stands as a party is subject to a continuance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定により中断した訴訟手続のうち破産債権に関しないものを受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、受継の申立ては、相手方もすることができる。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee may take over the action which was subject to a continuance under the provisions of the preceding paragraph which does not relate to any bankruptcy claim. In this case, a petition for taking over the action may also be filed by the opponent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合においては、相手方の破産者に対する訴訟費用請求権は、財団債権とする。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the opponent's claim for court costs against the bankrupt is a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 破産手続が終了したときは、破産管財人を当事者とする破産財団に関する訴訟手続は、中断する。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-4 When the bankruptcy proceedings are closed, any action relating to the bankruptcy estate in which a bankruptcy trustee stands as a party is subject to a continuance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 破産者は、前項の規定により中断した訴訟手続を受け継がなければならない。この場合においては、受継の申立ては、相手方もすることができる。 art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-5 The bankrupt must take over the action which was subject to a continuance under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, a petition for taking over the action may also be filed by the opponent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の規定により中断した訴訟手続について第二項の規定による受継があるまでに破産手続が終了したときは、破産者は、当然訴訟手続を受継する。 art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-6 If bankruptcy proceedings are closed before the action which was subject to a continuance pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is taken over under the provisions of paragraph (2), the bankrupt automatically takes over the action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-4 - art-44/par-6: 第一項 → 破産法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-6: 第二項 → 破産法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第四十四条第二項（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-2 - 破産法 第四十四条第三項（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-3 - 破産法 第四十四条第五項（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-5 - 破産法 第四十四条第六項（破産財団に関する訴えの取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-44/par-6 - 破産法 第四十六条第一項（行政庁に係属する事件の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-46/par-1 - 破産法 第九十六条第二項第一号（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-96/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-96/par-2/item-1 - 破産法 第九十六条第二項第二号（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-96/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-96/par-2/item-2 - 破産法 第百三十三条第三項（破産手続終了の場合における破産債権の確定手続の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-133/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-133/par-3 - 破産法 第百三十三条第六項（破産手続終了の場合における破産債権の確定手続の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-133/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-133/par-6 - 破産法 第百七十五条第六項（否認の請求を認容する決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-175/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-175/par-6 --- ## 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