# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百五十四条 (Article 254) - 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: 第二百五十四条 (Article 254)（免責取消しの決定） — address `art-254` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十四条（免責取消しの決定） — (Order of Reversal of Discharges) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254 **第一項** 第二百六十五条の罪について破産者に対する有罪の判決が確定したときは、裁判所は、破産債権者の申立てにより又は職権で、免責取消しの決定をすることができる。破産者の不正の方法によって免責許可の決定がされた場合において、破産債権者が当該免責許可の決定があった後一年以内に免責取消しの申立てをしたときも、同様とする。 art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-1 When a judgment finding the bankrupt guilty for the crime stated in Article 265 has become final and binding, upon the petition of a bankruptcy creditor or by its own authority, the court may issue an order of reversal of discharge. The same applies when an order to grant a discharge was issued due to unlawful means used by the bankrupt, and a bankruptcy creditor has filed a petition for reversal of discharge within one year after the order to grant a discharge was issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、免責取消しの決定をしたときは、直ちに、その裁判書を破産者及び申立人に、その決定の主文を記載した書面を破産債権者に、それぞれ送達しなければならない。この場合において、裁判書の送達については、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-2 The court must, when it has issued an order of reversal of discharge, immediately serve the written judgment upon the bankrupt and the petitioner, and a document stating the main text of the order upon bankruptcy creditors, respectively. In this case, with regard to service of the written judgment, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の申立てについての裁判及び職権による免責取消しの決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in paragraph (1) and an order of reversal of discharge by the court's own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前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。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-4 When a judicial decision on the immediate appeal stated in the preceding paragraph is made, the written judgment must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply. machine translation, not official **第五項** 免責取消しの決定が確定したときは、免責許可の決定は、その効力を失う。 art-254/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-5 When an order of reversal of discharge becomes final and binding, the order to grant a discharge ceases to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 免責取消しの決定が確定した場合において、免責許可の決定の確定後免責取消しの決定が確定するまでの間に生じた原因に基づいて破産者に対する債権を有するに至った者があるときは、その者は、新たな破産手続において、他の債権者に先立って自己の債権の弁済を受ける権利を有する。 art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-6 When an order of reversal of discharge has become final and binding, if there is a person that has acquired a claim against the bankrupt arising from a cause that occurred after the order to grant a discharge was issued and before the order of reversal of a discharge has become final and binding, the person has the right to receive payment of their claim in preference to other creditors in new bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前条第三項の規定は、免責取消しの決定が確定した場合について準用する。 art-254/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-7 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis when an order of reversal of a discharge becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-254/par-1: 第二百六十五条 → 破産法 第二百六十五条 (Article 265), art-265 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-265 - art-254/par-2: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3 - art-254/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-1 - art-254/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十四条第三項 (Article 254, paragraph (3)), art-254/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-3 - art-254/par-4: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3 - art-254/par-7: 前条第三項 → 破産法 第二百五十三条第三項 (Article 253, paragraph (3)), art-253/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-253/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-253/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百五十一条第一項（免責についての意見申述） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-251/par-1 - 破産法 第二百五十四条第三項（免責取消しの決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-3 - 破産法 第二百五十四条第四項（免責取消しの決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-254/par-4 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-003, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19