# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第十一条 (Article 11)

- 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — address `art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11
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### 第十一条（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — (Access of Case Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  利害関係人は、裁判所書記官に対し、この法律（この法律において準用する他の法律を含む。）の規定に基づき、裁判所に提出され、又は裁判所が作成した文書その他の物件（以下この条及び次条第一項において「文書等」という。）の閲覧を請求することができる。
<sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-1</sup>
An interested person may make a request to the court clerk for the inspection of documents and any other materials (referred to below as "documents and other materials" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article) submitted to the court or prepared by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act (including other Acts as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this Act).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  利害関係人は、裁判所書記官に対し、文書等の謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又は事件に関する事項の証明書の交付を請求することができる。
<sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-2</sup>
An interested person may make a request to the court clerk to copy documents and other materials, to issue an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of documents and other materials, or to issue a certificate of matters concerning the case.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定は、文書等のうち録音テープ又はビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）に関しては、適用しない。この場合において、これらの物について利害関係人の請求があるときは、裁判所書記官は、その複製を許さなければならない。
<sup>art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply with respect to documents and other materials which are prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects onto which a fixed set of information has been recorded by any equivalent means). In this case, upon the request of an interested person with regard to these materials, the court clerk must permit the reproduction of the documents and other materials prepared in audiotapes or videotapes.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  前三項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める命令、保全処分又は裁判のいずれかがあるまでの間は、前三項の規定による請求をすることができない。ただし、当該者が破産手続開始の申立人である場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, a person stated in the following items may not make a request under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs until the order, provisional order, or judicial decision specified in the respective item is issued or made; provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant person is a petitioner for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  債務者以外の利害関係人　第二十四条第一項の規定による中止の命令、第二十五条第二項に規定する包括的禁止命令、第二十八条第一項の規定による保全処分、第九十一条第二項に規定する保全管理命令、第百七十一条第一項の規定による保全処分又は破産手続開始の申立てについての裁判
  <sup>art-11/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-1</sup>
  an interested person other than the debtor: a suspension order under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), comprehensive stay order prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (2), provisional order under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1), order for temporary administration prescribed in Article 91, paragraph (2), provisional order under the provisions of Article 171, paragraph (1) or judicial decision on a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  債務者　破産手続開始の申立てに関する口頭弁論若しくは債務者を呼び出す審尋の期日の指定の裁判又は前号に定める命令、保全処分若しくは裁判
  <sup>art-11/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-2</sup>
  the debtor: a judicial decision to designate the date for oral argument or for an interrogation at which the debtor is to be summoned to appear, with respect to a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, or any order, provisional order, or judicial decision as specified in the preceding item.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-11/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11
- art-11/par-1: 次条第一項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1
- art-11/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-2
- art-11/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-1
- art-11/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-2
- art-11/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-3
- art-11/par-4/item-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- art-11/par-4/item-1: 第二十五条第二項 → 破産法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-2
- art-11/par-4/item-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 破産法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-28/par-1
- art-11/par-4/item-1: 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/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-91/par-2
- art-11/par-4/item-1: 第百七十一条第一項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-1
- art-11/par-4/item-2: 前号 → 破産法 第十一条第四項第一号 (Article 11, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-11/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第十一条第一項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-1
- 破産法 第十一条第三項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-3
- 破産法 第十一条第四項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4
- 破産法 第十一条第四項第二号（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-2
- 破産法 第二百条第三項（配当表に対する異議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-200/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200/par-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, 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
