# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百十六条 (Article 216) - 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: 第二百十六条 (Article 216)（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — address `art-216` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216 - 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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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百十六条（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — (Order of Discontinuance of Bankruptcy Proceedings to be Made at the Same Time as Making Order commencing Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216 **第一項** 裁判所は、破産財団をもって破産手続の費用を支弁するのに不足すると認めるときは、破産手続開始の決定と同時に、破産手続廃止の決定をしなければならない。 art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-1 If the court finds that the bankruptcy estate is insufficient for paying expenses for bankruptcy proceedings, it must make an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings at the same time as making an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、破産手続の費用を支弁するのに足りる金額の予納があった場合には、適用しない。 art-216/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if an amount sufficient for paying expenses for bankruptcy proceedings is prepaid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、第一項の規定により破産手続開始の決定と同時に破産手続廃止の決定をしたときは、直ちに、次に掲げる事項を公告し、かつ、これを破産者に通知しなければならない。 art-216/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-3 The court must immediately give a public notice of the following particulars and give a notice of those particulars to the bankrupt when it has made an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings at the same time as making an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1),: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 破産手続開始の決定の主文 art-216/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-3/item-1 the main text of the order commencing bankruptcy proceedings; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産手続廃止の決定の主文及び理由の要旨 art-216/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-3/item-2 the main text of the order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings and the outline of the reasons attached. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による破産手続廃止の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-216/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。 art-216/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-5 The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of a stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三十一条及び第三十二条の規定は、第一項の規定による破産手続廃止の決定を取り消す決定が確定した場合について準用する。 art-216/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-6 The provisions of Article 31 and Article 32 apply mutatis mutandis when an order to reverse the order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-216/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百十六条第一項 (Article 216, paragraph (1)), art-216/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-1 - art-216/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百十六条第一項 (Article 216, paragraph (1)), art-216/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-1 - art-216/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百十六条第一項 (Article 216, paragraph (1)), art-216/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-1 - art-216/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第二百十六条第四項 (Article 216, paragraph (4)), art-216/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-4 - art-216/par-6: 第三十一条 → 破産法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31 - art-216/par-6: 第三十二条 → 破産法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32 - art-216/par-6: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百十六条第一項 (Article 216, paragraph (1)), art-216/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百十六条第二項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-2 - 破産法 第二百十六条第三項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-3 - 破産法 第二百十六条第四項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-4 - 破産法 第二百十六条第五項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-5 - 破産法 第二百十六条第六項（破産手続開始の決定と同時にする破産手続廃止の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-216/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-216/par-6 - 破産法 第二百四十九条第一項（強制執行の禁止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-249/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-249/par-1 --- ## 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