# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百二十二条 (Article 222) - 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: 第二百二十二条 (Article 222)（相続財産に関する破産事件の管轄） — address `art-222` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十二条（相続財産に関する破産事件の管轄） — (Jurisdiction over Bankruptcy Cases Relating to Estate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-222 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222 **第一項** 相続財産についてのこの法律の規定による破産手続開始の申立ては、被相続人の相続開始の時の住所又は相続財産に属する財産が日本国内にあるときに限り、することができる。 art-222/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-1 A petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings under the provisions of this Act against an estate may be filed only if the decedent's address as of the time of commencement of succession or property that belongs to the estate exists in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相続財産に関する破産事件は、被相続人の相続開始の時の住所地を管轄する地方裁判所が管轄する。 art-222/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-2 A bankruptcy case relating to an estate is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court that has jurisdiction over the decedent's domicile as of the time of commencement of succession. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による管轄裁判所がないときは、相続財産に関する破産事件は、相続財産に属する財産の所在地（債権については、裁判上の請求をすることができる地）を管轄する地方裁判所が管轄する。 art-222/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-3 If there is no court with jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the bankruptcy case relating to an estate is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court that has jurisdiction over the locality of property that belongs to the estate (in the case of a claim, the place where demand by litigation may be made). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 相続財産に関する破産事件に対する第五条第八項及び第九項並びに第七条第五号の規定の適用については、第五条第八項及び第九項中「第一項及び第二項」とあるのは「第二百二十二条第二項及び第三項」と、第七条第五号中「同条第一項又は第二項」とあるのは「第二百二十二条第二項又は第三項」とする。 art-222/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-4 For the purpose of application of the provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (9), and Article 7, item (v) to a bankruptcy case relating to an estate, the term "paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (9) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 222, paragraphs (2) and (3)", and the phrase "paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article" in Article 7, item (v) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 222, paragraphs (2) and (3)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前三項の規定により二以上の地方裁判所が管轄権を有するときは、相続財産に関する破産事件は、先に破産手続開始の申立てがあった地方裁判所が管轄する。 art-222/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-5 If two or more district courts have jurisdiction over a bankruptcy case relating to an estate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the bankruptcy case is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court with which the first petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-222/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第二項 (Article 222, paragraph (2)), art-222/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-2 - art-222/par-4: 第五条第八項 → 破産法 第五条第八項 (Article 5, paragraph (8)), art-5/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-8 - art-222/par-4: 第九項 → 破産法 第五条第九項 (Article 5, paragraph (9)), art-5/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-9 - art-222/par-4: 第七条第五号 → 破産法 第七条第一項第五号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-7/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-7/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-7/par-1/item-5 - art-222/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-1 - art-222/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-2 - art-222/par-4: 第二百二十二条第二項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第二項 (Article 222, paragraph (2)), art-222/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-2 - art-222/par-4: 第三項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第三項 (Article 222, paragraph (3)), art-222/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-3 - art-222/par-5: 前三項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第二項 (Article 222, paragraph (2)), art-222/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-2 - art-222/par-5: 前三項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第三項 (Article 222, paragraph (3)), art-222/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-3 - art-222/par-5: 前三項 → 破産法 第二百二十二条第四項 (Article 222, paragraph (4)), art-222/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百二十二条第三項（相続財産に関する破産事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-3 - 破産法 第二百二十二条第四項（相続財産に関する破産事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/par-4 - 破産法 第二百二十二条第五項（相続財産に関する破産事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-222/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-222/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