# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百二十四条 (Article 224) - 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: 第二百二十四条 (Article 224)（破産手続開始の申立て） — address `art-224` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十四条（破産手続開始の申立て） — (Petitions to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224 **第一項** 相続財産については、相続債権者又は受遺者のほか、相続人、相続財産の管理人、相続財産の清算人又は遺言執行者（相続財産の管理に必要な行為をする権利を有する遺言執行者に限る。以下この節において同じ。）も、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224/par-1 With regard to inherited property, in addition to an creditor of the succession or a legatee, an heir, administrator of the estate, liquidator of the estate, or executor (limited to an executor who has a right to conduct acts necessary for the administration of the estate; the same applies below in this Section) may file a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる者が相続財産について破産手続開始の申立てをするときは、それぞれ当該各号に定める事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224/par-2 When a person stated in each of the following items files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings against the estate, they must make a prima facie showing of the fact specified in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 相続債権者又は受遺者　その有する債権の存在及び当該相続財産の破産手続開始の原因となる事実 art-224/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224/par-2/item-1 an creditor of the succession or a legatee:the existence of the claim held by them and the fact constituting the grounds for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against the estate; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 相続人、相続財産の管理人、相続財産の清算人又は遺言執行者　当該相続財産の破産手続開始の原因となる事実 art-224/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-224/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-224/par-2/item-2 an heir, administrator of the estate, liquidator of the inherited property, or executor:the fact constituting the grounds for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## 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