# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百八十七条 (Article 187)

- 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: 第百八十七条 (Article 187)（担保権の実行の申立て） — address `art-187`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第百八十七条（担保権の実行の申立て） — (Petitions for Exercise of Security Interests)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187</sup>

  **第一項**  被申立担保権者は、前条第一項の申立てにつき異議があるときは、同条第五項の規定によりすべての被申立担保権者に申立書及び同条第四項の書面の送達がされた日から一月以内に、担保権の実行の申立てをしたことを証する書面を裁判所に提出することができる。
  <sup>art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1</sup>
  If a designated security interest holder has an objection to the petition referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, they may, within one month after the day on which the written petition and the document referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article are served upon all designated security interest holders pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article, submit to the court a document that certifies their filing of a petition for exercise of security interests.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  裁判所は、被申立担保権者につきやむを得ない事由がある場合に限り、当該被申立担保権者の申立てにより、前項の期間を伸長することができる。
  <sup>art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-2</sup>
  The court may extend the period referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the petition of a designated security interest holder, only if the designated security interest holder has compelling reasons.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  破産管財人と被申立担保権者との間に売得金及び組入金の額（前条第一項第二号に掲げる場合にあっては、売得金の額）について合意がある場合には、当該被申立担保権者は、担保権の実行の申立てをすることができない。
  <sup>art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-3</sup>
  If there is an agreement between a bankruptcy trustee and a designated security interest holder with regard to the amounts of proceeds and of money to be deducted from the proceeds and added to the estate (in the case stated in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, the amount of proceeds), the designated security interest holder may not file a petition for exercise of security interests.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  被申立担保権者は、第一項の期間（第二項の規定により伸長されたときは、その伸長された期間。以下この節において同じ。）が経過した後は、第百九十条第六項の規定により第百八十九条第一項の許可の決定が取り消され、又は同項の不許可の決定が確定した場合を除き、担保権の実行の申立てをすることができない。
  <sup>art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-4</sup>
  A designated security interest holder may not file a petition for exercise of security interests after the period referred to in paragraph (1) (if it is extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the extended period; the same applies below in this Section) has expired, except when an order of permission referred to in Article 189, paragraph (1) is reversed pursuant to the provisions of Article 190, paragraph (6) or an order of non-permission referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第一項の担保権の実行の申立てをしたことを証する書面が提出された後に、当該担保権の実行の申立てが取り下げられ、又は却下された場合には、当該書面は提出されなかったものとみなす。民事執行法第百八十八条において準用する同法第六十三条又は同法第百九十二条において準用する同法第百二十九条（これらの規定を同法その他強制執行の手続に関する法令において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により同項の担保権の実行の手続が取り消された場合も、同様とする。
  <sup>art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-5</sup>
  If the petition for exercise of security interests has been withdrawn or dismissed without prejudice after a document that certifies the filing of a petition for exercising security interests referred to in paragraph (1) was submitted, the document is deemed not to have been submitted. The same applies when the procedure for exercising security interests referred to in that paragraph is reversed pursuant to the provisions of Article 63 of the Civil Enforcement Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188 of that Act, or Article 129 of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 192 of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that Act and other laws and regulations concerning a procedure for enforcement).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  第百八十九条第一項の不許可の決定が確定した後に、第一項の担保権の実行の申立てが取り下げられ、又は却下された場合において、破産管財人が前条第一項の申立てをしたときは、当該担保権の実行の申立てをした被申立担保権者は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項の担保権の実行の申立てをしたことを証する書面を提出することができない。
  <sup>art-187/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-6</sup>
  After an order of non-permission stated in Article 189, paragraph (1) has become final and binding, if a petition for exercising security interests referred to in paragraph (1) has been withdrawn or dismissed and a bankruptcy trustee files a petition referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the designated security interest holder that has filed the petition for exercising security interests may not, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), submit the document that certifies their filing of the petition for exercising security interests referred to in that paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-187/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1
- art-187/par-1: 同条第五項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第五項 (Article 186, paragraph (5)), art-186/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-5
- art-187/par-1: 同条第四項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第四項 (Article 186, paragraph (4)), art-186/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-4
- art-187/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1
- art-187/par-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項第二号 (Article 186, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-186/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1/item-2
- art-187/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1
- art-187/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第二項 (Article 187, paragraph (2)), art-187/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-2
- art-187/par-4: 第百九十条第六項 → 破産法 第百九十条第六項 (Article 190, paragraph (6)), art-190/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-6
- art-187/par-4: 第百八十九条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1
- art-187/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1
- art-187/par-5: 民事執行法第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188
- art-187/par-5: 同法第六十三条 → 民事執行法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-63
- art-187/par-5: 同法第百九十二条 → 民事執行法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-192
- art-187/par-5: 同法第百二十九条 → 民事執行法 第百二十九条 (Article 129), art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-129
- art-187/par-6: 第百八十九条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1
- art-187/par-6: 第一項 → 破産法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-1
- art-187/par-6: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百八十六条第一項 (Article 186, paragraph (1)), art-186/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-186/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 破産法 第百八十七条第二項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-2
- 破産法 第百八十七条第四項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-4
- 破産法 第百八十七条第五項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-5
- 破産法 第百八十七条第六項（担保権の実行の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-187/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-187/par-6
- 破産法 第百八十八条第一項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-1
- 破産法 第百八十八条第六項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-6
- 破産法 第百八十八条第七項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-7
- 破産法 第百八十八条第八項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-8
- 破産法 第百八十八条第九項（買受けの申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-188/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-188/par-9
- 破産法 第百八十九条第一項（担保権消滅の許可の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-189/par-1

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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
