# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（包括的禁止命令） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条（包括的禁止命令） — (Comprehensive Stay Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25 **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、前条第一項第一号又は第六号の規定による中止の命令によっては破産手続の目的を十分に達成することができないおそれがあると認めるべき特別の事情があるときは、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、全ての債権者に対し、債務者の財産に対する強制執行等及び国税滞納処分（国税滞納処分の例による処分を含み、交付要求を除く。以下同じ。）の禁止を命ずることができる。ただし、事前に又は同時に、債務者の主要な財産に関し第二十八条第一項の規定による保全処分をした場合又は第九十一条第二項に規定する保全管理命令をした場合に限る。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-1 If a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed under special circumstances, and when the court finds that there is a risk that it would be impossible to achieve the purpose of the bankruptcy proceedings satisfactorily only by issuing a suspension order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (vi) of the preceding Article, upon the petition of an interested person or by its own authority, the court may issue an order prohibiting all creditors from enforcement, etc. against a debtor's property, and a collection of national tax delinquency (including a disposition to be made by a procedure for making a disposal of national tax delinquency, and excluding a request for distribution; the same applies below), until an order is made on the petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings; but this applies only if the court issues a provisional order in advance or simultaneously under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) or order for temporary administration prescribed in Article 91, paragraph (2) with respect to the debtor's principal property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による禁止の命令（以下「包括的禁止命令」という。）を発する場合において、裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、一定の範囲に属する強制執行等又は国税滞納処分を包括的禁止命令の対象から除外することができる。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-2 Upon issuing a stay order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to below as a "comprehensive stay order"), the court may exclude a certain range of enforcement, etc. or procedures for collection of national tax delinquency from the subject to the comprehensive stay order when it finds it appropriate to do so. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Upon issuing a stay order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph referred to below as a "comprehensive stay order"), the court may exclude a certain range of enforcement, etc. or procedures for collection of national tax delinquency from the subject to the comprehensive stay order when it finds it appropriate to do so." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb **第三項** 包括的禁止命令が発せられた場合には、債務者の財産に対して既にされている強制執行等の手続及び外国租税滞納処分（当該包括的禁止命令により禁止されることとなるものに限る。）は、破産手続開始の申立てにつき決定があるまでの間、中止する。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-3 If a comprehensive stay order is issued, the procedure for enforcement, etc. and disposal of foreign tax delinquency which have already been initiated against the debtor's assets (limited to the procedures or disposals that are to be prohibited by the comprehensive stay order) are suspended until an order is made on the petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、包括的禁止命令を変更し、又は取り消すことができる。 art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-4 The court may change or reverse a comprehensive stay order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 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、第三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。 art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-5 If an order for temporary administration prescribed in Article 91, paragraph (2) is issued, the court may order reversal of the procedure for enforcement, etc. or disposal of foreign tax delinquency which has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) upon the petition of a temporary administrator, while requiring security to be provided when it finds it particularly necessary to do so for the administration and disposal of the debtor's property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 包括的禁止命令、第四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。 art-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-6 An immediate appeal may be filed against a comprehensive stay order, an order made under the provisions of paragraph (4) and a reversal order issued under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。 art-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-7 The immediate appeal stated in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 包括的禁止命令が発せられたときは、破産債権等（当該包括的禁止命令により強制執行等又は国税滞納処分が禁止されているものに限る。）については、当該包括的禁止命令が効力を失った日の翌日から二月を経過する日までの間は、時効は、完成しない。 art-25/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-8 When a comprehensive stay order is issued, the prescription is not completed with regard to a bankruptcy claim, etc. (limited to a claim for which enforcement, etc. or procedure for collection of national tax delinquency is prohibited by the comprehensive stay order) until the day on which two months have elapsed from the next day on which the comprehensive stay order ceases to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 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-25/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-25/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 破産法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-28/par-1 - art-25/par-1: 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-25/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-5: 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-25/par-5: 第三項 → 破産法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-3 - art-25/par-6: 第四項 → 破産法 第二十五条第四項 (Article 25, paragraph (4)), art-25/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-4 - art-25/par-6: 前項 → 破産法 第二十五条第五項 (Article 25, paragraph (5)), art-25/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-5 - art-25/par-7: 前項 → 破産法 第二十五条第六項 (Article 25, paragraph (6)), art-25/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-6 ## Cited by 10 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 第二十五条第二項（包括的禁止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-2 - 破産法 第二十五条第五項（包括的禁止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-5 - 破産法 第二十五条第六項（包括的禁止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-6 - 破産法 第二十五条第七項（包括的禁止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-25/par-7 - 破産法 第二十六条第三項（包括的禁止命令に関する公告及び送達等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-26/par-3 - 破産法 第二十七条第一項（包括的禁止命令の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-27/par-1 - 破産法 第二十七条第三項（包括的禁止命令の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-27/par-3 - 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 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act (破産法), Article 25, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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