# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

- 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（他の手続の中止命令等） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24
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### 第二十四条（他の手続の中止命令等） — (Stay Orders for Other Proceedings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、破産手続開始の申立てがあった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、破産手続開始の申立てにつき決定があるまでの間、次に掲げる手続又は処分の中止を命ずることができる。ただし、第一号に掲げる手続又は第六号に掲げる処分についてはその手続の申立人である債権者又はその処分を行う者に不当な損害を及ぼすおそれがない場合に限り、第五号に掲げる責任制限手続については責任制限手続開始の決定がされていない場合に限る。
  <sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1</sup>
  If a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed, the court may order a suspension of the following proceedings or dispositions until an order is made on the petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings upon the petition of an interested person or by its own authority when it finds it necessary to do so; provided, however, that this only applies, in the case of the proceedings stated in item (i) or the disposition stated in item (vi), if the stay order is not likely to cause unjust damage to the creditor that filed the petition for the proceedings or the person that made the disposition, and in the case of the proceedings for limitation of liability stated in item (v), if an order to commence proceedings for limitation of liability has not yet been made:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  債務者の財産に対して既にされている強制執行、仮差押え、仮処分又は一般の先取特権の実行若しくは留置権（商法（明治三十二年法律第四十八号）又は会社法の規定によるものを除く。）による競売（以下この節において「強制執行等」という。）の手続で、債務者につき破産手続開始の決定がされたとすれば破産債権若しくは財団債権となるべきもの（以下この項及び次条第八項において「破産債権等」という。）に基づくもの又は破産債権等を被担保債権とするもの
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-1</sup>
    proceedings already initiated against the debtor's property for enforcement, provisional seizure, provisional disposition, or exercise of a general statutory lien or auction by reason of a right of retention (excluding a right of retention under the provisions of the Commercial Code (Act No. 48 of 1899) or the Companies Act) (referred to below as "enforcement, etc." in this Section), which is based on a claim that is supposed to be a bankruptcy claim or claim on the estate, if an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against the debtor (referred to below as "bankruptcy claim, etc." in this paragraph and paragraph (8) of the following Article), or is intended to secure a bankruptcy claim, etc.;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  債務者の財産に対して既にされている企業担保権の実行手続で、破産債権等に基づくもの
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-2</sup>
    proceedings already initiated against the debtor's property for the exercise of an enterprise mortgage, which is based on a bankruptcy claim, etc.;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  債務者の財産関係の訴訟手続
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-3</sup>
    court proceedings of an action relating to the debtor's property;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  債務者の財産関係の事件で行政庁に係属しているものの手続
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-4</sup>
    proceedings for a case relating to the debtor's property that is pending before an administrative authority;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  債務者の責任制限手続（船舶の所有者等の責任の制限に関する法律（昭和五十年法律第九十四号）第三章又は船舶油濁等損害賠償保障法（昭和五十年法律第九十五号）第五章、同法第四十三条第五項において準用する同法第三十一条及び第三十二条並びに同法第四十三条第六項において準用する船舶の所有者等の責任の制限に関する法律第三章（第九条、第十条、第十六条及び第五十四条を除く。）若しくは船舶油濁等損害賠償保障法第五十一条第五項において準用する同法第三十一条及び第三十二条並びに同法第五十一条第六項において準用する船舶の所有者等の責任の制限に関する法律第三章（第九条、第十条、第十六条、第四節及び第五十四条を除く。）の規定による責任制限手続をいう。第二百六十三条及び第二百六十四条第一項において同じ。）
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-5</sup>
    proceedings for limitation of liability of a debtor (meaning proceedings for limitation of liability under the provisions of Chapter III of the Act on Limitation of Ship owner Liability (Act No. 94 of 1975), Chapter V of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (Act No. 95 of 1975), Article 31 and Article 32 of that Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (5) of that Act, Chapter III of the Act on Limitation of Shipowner Liability (excluding Article 9, Article 10, Article 16, and Article 54) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (6) of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage or Article 31 and Article 32 of that Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (5) of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, and Chapter III of that Act (excluding Article 9, Article 10, Article 16, Section 4, and Article 54) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (6) of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage; the same applies in Article 263 and Article 264, paragraph (1)) for the debtor; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  債務者の財産に対して既にされている共助対象外国租税（租税条約等の実施に伴う所得税法、法人税法及び地方税法の特例等に関する法律（昭和四十四年法律第四十六号。第百三条第五項及び第二百五十三条第四項において「租税条約等実施特例法」という。）第十一条第一項に規定する共助対象外国租税をいう。以下同じ。）の請求権に基づき国税滞納処分の例によってする処分（以下「外国租税滞納処分」という。）で、破産債権等に基づくもの
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-6</sup>
    a disposal to be made by the same procedure as that for the collection of national tax delinquency (the disposal is referred to below as a "disposal of foreign tax delinquency"), based on a claim from a foreign tax subject to mutual assistance (meaning the foreign tax subject to mutual assistance prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Attendant upon the Enforcement of Tax Treaties (Act No. 46 of 1969; referred to below as the "Act on Special Provisions for the Enforcement of Tax Treaties" in Article 103, paragraph (5) and Article 253, paragraph (4)); the same applies below), which has already been initiated against the debtor's property and which is based on the ground of a bankruptcy claim, etc.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  裁判所は、前項の規定による中止の命令を変更し、又は取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-2</sup>
  The court may change or reverse a suspension order issued under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  裁判所は、第九十一条第二項に規定する保全管理命令が発せられた場合において、債務者の財産の管理及び処分をするために特に必要があると認めるときは、保全管理人の申立てにより、担保を立てさせて、第一項の規定により中止した強制執行等の手続又は外国租税滞納処分の取消しを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-3</sup>
  If an order for temporary administration prescribed in Article 91, paragraph (2) is issued, the court may order the rescission of the procedure for enforcement, etc. or disposal of foreign tax delinquency which has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) when it finds it particularly necessary to do so for the administration and disposal of the debtor's property, upon a petition of a temporary administrator, while requiring security to be provided.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の規定による中止の命令、第二項の規定による決定及び前項の規定による取消しの命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-4</sup>
  An immediate appeal may be filed against a suspension order issued under the provisions of paragraph (1), an order issued under the provisions of paragraph (2), and a reversal order issued under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。
  <sup>art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-5</sup>
  The immediate appeal stated in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of a stay of enforcement.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  第四項に規定する裁判及び同項の即時抗告についての裁判があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。
  <sup>art-24/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-6</sup>
  If a judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (4) and a judicial decision on the immediate appeal stated in that paragraph are made, the written judgments must be served upon the parties.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-1: 第一号 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-1
- art-24/par-1: 第六号 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項第六号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-24/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-6
- art-24/par-1: 第五号 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項第五号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-24/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-5
- art-24/par-1/item-1: この項 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-1/item-1: 次条第八項 → 破産法 第二十五条第八項 (Article 25, paragraph (8)), art-25/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-8
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 同法第四十三条第五項 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第四十三条第五項 (Article 43, paragraph (5)), art-43/par-5 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 同法第三十一条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第三十二条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 同法第四十三条第六項 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第四十三条第六項 (Article 43, paragraph (6)), art-43/par-6 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第九条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000094, 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第十条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000094, 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第十六条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000094, 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第五十四条 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000094, 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 船舶油濁等損害賠償保障法第五十一条第五項 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第五十一条第五項 (Article 51, paragraph (5)), art-51/par-5 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 同法第五十一条第六項 → e-Gov law 350AC0000000095, 第五十一条第六項 (Article 51, paragraph (6)), art-51/par-6 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第二百六十三条 → 破産法 第二百六十三条 (Article 263), art-263 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-263 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-263
- art-24/par-1/item-5: 第二百六十四条第一項 → 破産法 第二百六十四条第一項 (Article 264, paragraph (1)), art-264/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-264/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-264/par-1
- art-24/par-1/item-6: 第百三条第五項 → 破産法 第百三条第五項 (Article 103, paragraph (5)), art-103/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-103/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-103/par-5
- art-24/par-1/item-6: 第二百五十三条第四項 → 破産法 第二百五十三条第四項 (Article 253, paragraph (4)), art-253/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-253/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-253/par-4
- art-24/par-1/item-6: 第十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000046, 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-3: 第九十一条第二項 → 破産法 第九十一条第二項 (Article 91, paragraph (2)), art-91/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-91/par-2
- art-24/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-2
- art-24/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-3
- art-24/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第二十四条第四項 (Article 24, paragraph (4)), art-24/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-4
- art-24/par-6: 第四項 → 破産法 第二十四条第四項 (Article 24, paragraph (4)), art-24/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 破産法 第十一条第四項第一号（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-11/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-11/par-4/item-1
- 破産法 第二十四条第一項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1
- 破産法 第二十四条第一項第一号（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-1/item-1
- 破産法 第二十四条第二項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-2
- 破産法 第二十四条第三項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-3
- 破産法 第二十四条第四項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-4
- 破産法 第二十四条第五項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-5
- 破産法 第二十四条第六項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-24/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-24/par-6
- 破産法 第二十五条第一項（包括的禁止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-1
- 破産法 第二十九条第一項（破産手続開始の申立ての取下げの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-29/par-1
- 破産法 第三十三条第二項（抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-33/par-2

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## Sources

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