# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第八条の五 (Article 8-5)

- 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: 第八条の五 (Article 8-5)（裁判書） — address `art-8-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5
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### 第八条の五（裁判書） — Written Judgments
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-8-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5</sup>

**第一項**  破産手続等に関する裁判の裁判書を作成する場合には、当該裁判書には、当該裁判に係る主文、当事者及び法定代理人並びに裁判所を記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-8-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5/par-1</sup>
When a written judgment is prepared for a judicial decision concerning bankruptcy proceedings, etc., the main text, the parties and legal representatives, and the court relating to the judicial decision must be stated in the written judgment.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の裁判書を送達する場合には、当該送達は、当該裁判書の正本によってする。
<sup>art-8-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5/par-2</sup>
When the written judgment referred to in the preceding paragraph is served, the service is to be made by means of an authenticated copy of the written judgment.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-8-5/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第八条の五第一項 (Article 8-5, paragraph (1)), art-8-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第八条の五第二項（裁判書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-8-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-8-5/par-2

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
