# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第十三条 (Article 13)

- 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（民事訴訟法の準用） — address `art-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13
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### 第十三条（民事訴訟法の準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  特別の定めがある場合を除き、破産手続等に関しては、その性質に反しない限り、民事訴訟法第一編から第四編までの規定（同法第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項並びに第二百三十二条の二の規定を除く。）を準用する。この場合において、別表の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-13/par-1</sup>
Except as otherwise specially provided, the provisions of Part I through Part IV of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), and Article 232-2 of that Code) apply mutatis mutandis to bankruptcy proceedings, etc., to the extent that they are not contrary to their nature. In this case, the phrases set out in the middle column of the Appended Table in the provisions of that Code set out in the upper column of that Table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases set out in the lower column of that Table, respectively.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-13/par-1: 同法第七十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第九十一条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2), art-91-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2
- art-13/par-1: 第九十二条第九項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第九項 (Article 92, paragraph (9)), art-92/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-9
- art-13/par-1: 第十項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第十項 (Article 92, paragraph (10)), art-92/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92/par-10
- art-13/par-1: 第九十二条の二第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条の二第二項 (Article 92-2, paragraph (2)), art-92-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-92-2/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第九十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94
- art-13/par-1: 第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-100/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第百十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111
- art-13/par-1: 第百三十三条の二第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第五項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (5)), art-133-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-5
- art-13/par-1: 第六項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の二第六項 (Article 133-2, paragraph (6)), art-133-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-2/par-6
- art-13/par-1: 第百三十三条の三第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十三条の三第二項 (Article 133-3, paragraph (2)), art-133-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-133-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-133-3/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第百五十一条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十一条第三項 (Article 151, paragraph (3)), art-151/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-151/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-151/par-3
- art-13/par-1: 第百六十条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第百八十五条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第三項 (Article 185, paragraph (3)), art-185/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-3
- art-13/par-1: 第二百五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-205/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第二百十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-215/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第二百二十七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十七条第二項 (Article 227, paragraph (2)), art-227/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-227/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-227/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第二百三十二条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十二条の二 (Article 232-2), art-232-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-232-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-232-2

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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