# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百三十条 (Article 230)

- 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: 第二百三十条 (Article 230)（相続人等の説明義務等） — address `art-230`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230
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### 第二百三十条（相続人等の説明義務等） — (Obligation of Explanation of Heirs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230</sup>

  **第一項**  相続財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合には、次に掲げる者は、破産管財人若しくは債権者委員会の請求又は債権者集会の決議に基づく請求があったときは、破産に関し必要な説明をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1</sup>
  If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against an estate, the following persons must give a necessary explanation concerning bankruptcy upon a request of a bankruptcy trustee or creditors' committee, or a request based on a resolution at a creditors' meeting:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  被相続人の代理人であった者
    <sup>art-230/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a person that was the decedent's agent;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  相続人及びその代理人
    <sup>art-230/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an heir and their agent; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  相続財産の管理人、相続財産の清算人及び遺言執行者
    <sup>art-230/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1/item-3</sup>
    an administrator of the estate, liquidator of the estate, and an executor.
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  **第二項**  前項の規定は、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる者であった者について準用する。
  <sup>art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a person that was any of the persons listed in item (ii) or (iii) of that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第三十七条及び第三十八条の規定は、相続財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合における相続人並びにその法定代理人及び支配人について準用する。
  <sup>art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 37 and Article 38 apply mutatis mutandis to heirs and their legal representative and manager when an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against the estate.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-230/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百三十条第一項 (Article 230, paragraph (1)), art-230/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1
- art-230/par-2: 同項第二号 → 破産法 第二百三十条第一項第二号 (Article 230, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-230/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1/item-2
- art-230/par-2: 第三号 → 破産法 第二百三十条第一項第三号 (Article 230, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-230/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-1/item-3
- art-230/par-3: 第三十七条 → 破産法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-37
- art-230/par-3: 第三十八条 → 破産法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第二百三十条第二項（相続人等の説明義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-2
- 破産法 第二百六十八条第一項（説明及び検査の拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-1
- 破産法 第二百六十八条第二項（説明及び検査の拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-2
- 破産法 第二百六十八条第三項（説明及び検査の拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-3

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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