# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十一条 (Article 171)

- 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: 第百七十一条 (Article 171)（否認権のための保全処分） — address `art-171`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171
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### 第百七十一条（否認権のための保全処分） — (Provisional Order for Right of Avoidance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、破産手続開始の申立てがあった時から当該申立てについての決定があるまでの間において、否認権を保全するため必要があると認めるときは、利害関係人（保全管理人が選任されている場合にあっては、保全管理人）の申立てにより又は職権で、仮差押え、仮処分その他の必要な保全処分を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-1</sup>
  When the court finds it necessary in order to secure a right of avoidance during the period after a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed until ruling on the petition is made, upon the petition of an interested person (or a temporary administrator if any temporary administrator is appointed) or by its own authority, the court may issue an order of provisional seizure, a provisional disposition, or any other necessary provisional order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定による保全処分は、担保を立てさせて、又は立てさせないで命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-2</sup>
  The provisional order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be issued with or without requiring the provision of security.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、第一項の規定による保全処分を変更し、又は取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-3</sup>
  The court may change or reverse a provisional order under the provisions of paragraph (1) upon petition or by its own authority.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の規定による保全処分及び前項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-4</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against a provisional order under the provisions of paragraph (1) and a judicial decision on the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。
  <sup>art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-5</sup>
  The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of stay of enforcement.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  第四項に規定する裁判及び同項の即時抗告についての裁判があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-6</sup>
  When a judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (4) and a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in that paragraph are made, the written judgments must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第七項**  前各項の規定は、破産手続開始の申立てを棄却する決定に対して第三十三条第一項の即時抗告があった場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-171/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-7</sup>
  The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis when an immediate appeal referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) is filed against an order dismissing a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-171/par-2: 前項 → 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-171/par-3: 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-171/par-4: 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-171/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第三項 (Article 171, paragraph (3)), art-171/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-3
- art-171/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第四項 (Article 171, paragraph (4)), art-171/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-4
- art-171/par-6: 第四項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第四項 (Article 171, paragraph (4)), art-171/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-4
- art-171/par-6: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3
- art-171/par-7: 前各項 → 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-171/par-7: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第二項 (Article 171, paragraph (2)), art-171/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-2
- art-171/par-7: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第三項 (Article 171, paragraph (3)), art-171/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-3
- art-171/par-7: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第四項 (Article 171, paragraph (4)), art-171/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-4
- art-171/par-7: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第五項 (Article 171, paragraph (5)), art-171/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-5
- art-171/par-7: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十一条第六項 (Article 171, paragraph (6)), art-171/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-6
- art-171/par-7: 第三十三条第一項 → 破産法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-33/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 破産法 第十一条第四項第一号（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-1
- 破産法 第二十九条第一項（破産手続開始の申立ての取下げの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-29/par-1
- 破産法 第百七十一条第二項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-2
- 破産法 第百七十一条第三項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-3
- 破産法 第百七十一条第四項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-4
- 破産法 第百七十一条第五項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-5
- 破産法 第百七十一条第六項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-6
- 破産法 第百七十一条第七項（否認権のための保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-171/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-171/par-7
- 破産法 第百七十二条第一項（保全処分に係る手続の続行と担保の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-172/par-1
- 破産法 第百七十二条第三項（保全処分に係る手続の続行と担保の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-172/par-3
- 破産法 第二百五十九条第一項第二号（保全処分に関する登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-259/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-259/par-1/item-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-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
