# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百二十条 (Article 220) - 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: 第二百二十条 (Article 220)（破産手続終結の決定） — address `art-220` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十条（破産手続終結の決定） — (Order of Completion of Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220 **第一項** 裁判所は、最後配当、簡易配当又は同意配当が終了した後、第八十八条第四項の債権者集会が終結したとき、又は第八十九条第二項に規定する期間が経過したときは、破産手続終結の決定をしなければならない。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220/par-1 The court must issue an order of completion of bankruptcy proceedings when a creditors' meeting referred to in Article 88, paragraph (4) is concluded or the period prescribed in Article 89, paragraph (2) expires after a final distribution, simplified distribution, or consensual distribution is completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の規定により破産手続終結の決定をしたときは、直ちに、その主文及び理由の要旨を公告し、かつ、これを破産者に通知しなければならない。 art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220/par-2 When the court has issued an order of completion of bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must immediately give a public notice of the main text of the order and the outline of the reasons attached, and give a notice of these to the bankrupt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-220/par-1: 第八十八条第四項 → 破産法 第八十八条第四項 (Article 88, paragraph (4)), art-88/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-88/par-4 - art-220/par-1: 第八十九条第二項 → 破産法 第八十九条第二項 (Article 89, paragraph (2)), art-89/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-89/par-2 - art-220/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百二十条第二項（破産手続終結の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-220/par-2 - 破産法 第二百二十一条第一項（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-1 - 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