# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22)

- 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（費用の予納） — address `art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-22
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### 第二十二条（費用の予納） — (Prepayment of Expenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-22</sup>

  **第一項**  破産手続開始の申立てをするときは、申立人は、破産手続の費用として裁判所の定める金額を予納しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-22/par-1</sup>
  When filing a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, the petitioner must prepay an amount designated by the court as expenses for bankruptcy proceedings.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  費用の予納に関する決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-22/par-2</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against an order on prepayment of expenses.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第二十三条第二項（費用の仮支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-23/par-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
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19