# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百九十二条 (Article 192) - 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: 第百九十二条 (Article 192) — address `art-192` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による請求をするには、同項の財産の価額に相当する金銭を、同項の留置権者に弁済しなければならない。 art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-2 In order to make a demand under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount of money equivalent to the value of the property referred to in that paragraph must be paid to the holder of the right of retention referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による請求及び前項に規定する弁済をするには、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。 art-192/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-3 Permission of the court must be obtained in order to make a demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) and to make a payment prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の許可があった場合における第二項に規定する弁済の額が第一項の財産の価額を満たすときは、当該弁済の時又は同項の規定による請求の時のいずれか遅い時に、同項の留置権は消滅する。 art-192/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-4 If the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph is granted and the amount of payment prescribed in paragraph (2) is sufficient to cover the value of the property referred to in paragraph (1), the right of retention referred to in that paragraph is extinguished at the time when the payment is made or at the time when a demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) is made, whichever occurs later. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定により第一項の留置権が消滅したことを原因とする同項の財産の返還を求める訴訟においては、第二項に規定する弁済の額が当該財産の価額を満たさない場合においても、原告の申立てがあり、当該訴訟の受訴裁判所が相当と認めるときは、当該受訴裁判所は、相当の期間内に不足額を弁済することを条件として、第一項の留置権者に対して、当該財産を返還することを命ずることができる。 art-192/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-5 In an action to request the return of the property stated in paragraph (1) on the grounds that the right of retention referred to in that paragraph is extinguished pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, even if the amount of payment prescribed in paragraph (2) is not sufficient to cover the value of the property, upon the plaintiff's petition and when the court in charge of the action finds it appropriate, the court may order the holder of the right of retention referred to in paragraph (1) to return the property, on the condition that the amount of any shortage is to be paid within a reasonable period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-192/par-1: 第三十六条 → 破産法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-36 - art-192/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第一項 (Article 192, paragraph (1)), art-192/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-1 - art-192/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第一項 (Article 192, paragraph (1)), art-192/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-1 - art-192/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第二項 (Article 192, paragraph (2)), art-192/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-2 - art-192/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第三項 (Article 192, paragraph (3)), art-192/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-3 - art-192/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第二項 (Article 192, paragraph (2)), art-192/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-2 - art-192/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第一項 (Article 192, paragraph (1)), art-192/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-1 - art-192/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第四項 (Article 192, paragraph (4)), art-192/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-4 - art-192/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第一項 (Article 192, paragraph (1)), art-192/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-1 - art-192/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第百九十二条第二項 (Article 192, paragraph (2)), art-192/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百九十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-2 - 破産法 第百九十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-3 - 破産法 第百九十二条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-4 - 破産法 第百九十二条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-5 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19