# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二十条 (Article 20) - 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（破産手続開始の申立ての方式） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-20 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条（破産手続開始の申立ての方式） — (Method of Filing a Petition to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-20 **第一項** 破産手続開始の申立ては、最高裁判所規則で定める事項を記載した書面でしなければならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-20/par-1 A petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings must be filed by means of a document stating the particulars specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債権者以外の者が破産手続開始の申立てをするときは、最高裁判所規則で定める事項を記載した債権者一覧表を裁判所に提出しなければならない。ただし、当該申立てと同時に債権者一覧表を提出することができないときは、当該申立ての後遅滞なくこれを提出すれば足りる。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-20/par-2 If a person other than a creditor files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, the person must submit to the court a list of creditors stating the particulars specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; provided, however, that if it is impossible to submit a list of creditors at the same time as filing the petition, it is sufficient for the person to submit the list without delay after filing the petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二十一条第一項（破産手続開始の申立書の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-21/par-1 - 破産法 第二百四十八条第五項（免責許可の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-248/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-248/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