# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百五十六条 (Article 256) - 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: 第二百五十六条 (Article 256)（復権の決定） — address `art-256` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十六条（復権の決定） — (Order of Release from Restrictions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256 **第一項** 破産者が弁済その他の方法により破産債権者に対する債務の全部についてその責任を免れたときは、破産裁判所は、破産者の申立てにより、復権の決定をしなければならない。 art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 When the bankrupt is discharged from all of their debts to bankruptcy creditors through payment or any other means, the bankruptcy court must issue an order of release from restrictions upon the petition of the bankrupt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の申立てがあったときは、その旨を公告しなければならない。 art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-2 The court must give a public notice to that effect when the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産債権者は、前項の規定による公告が効力を生じた日から起算して三月以内に、裁判所に対し、第一項の申立てについて意見を述べることができる。 art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-3 A bankruptcy creditor may state their opinions on the petition stated in paragraph (1) to the court within three months from the day on which the public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、第一項の申立てについての裁判をしたときは、その裁判書を破産者に、そ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-256/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-4 When it has made a judicial decision on the petition referred to in paragraph (1), the court must serve the written judgment upon the bankrupt, and a document stating the main text of the decision 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 **第五項** 第一項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-256/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-5 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition referred to in paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第六項** 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-256/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-6 When a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to 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 --- ## Cites - art-256/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 - art-256/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第二項 (Article 256, paragraph (2)), art-256/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-2 - art-256/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 - art-256/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 - art-256/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-256/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-1 - art-256/par-6: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十六条第五項 (Article 256, paragraph (5)), art-256/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-5 - art-256/par-6: 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 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百五十五条第一項（復権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-255/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-255/par-1 - 破産法 第二百五十六条第二項（復権の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-2 - 破産法 第二百五十六条第三項（復権の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-3 - 破産法 第二百五十六条第四項（復権の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-4 - 破産法 第二百五十六条第五項（復権の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-5 - 破産法 第二百五十六条第六項（復権の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-256/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-256/par-6 --- ## 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