# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百五十八条 (Article 258) - 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: 第二百五十八条 (Article 258)（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — address `art-258` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十八条（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — (Commission of Registration on Bankruptcy Proceedings of Individuals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258 **第一項** 個人である債務者について破産手続開始の決定があった場合において、次に掲げるときは、裁判所書記官は、職権で、遅滞なく、破産手続開始の登記を登記所に嘱託しなければならない。 art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1 If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against a debtor who is an individual, the court clerk must commission a registry office to make a registration of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings by their own authority without delay in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該破産者に関する登記があることを知ったとき。 art-258/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1/item-1 when the court clerk comes to know that there is a registration concerning the bankrupt; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産財団に属する権利で登記がされたものがあることを知ったとき。 art-258/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1/item-2 when the court clerk comes to know that there is a registered right that belongs to the bankruptcy estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、当該破産者につき、破産手続開始の決定の取消し若しくは破産手続廃止の決定が確定した場合又は破産手続終結の決定があった場合について準用する。 art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if, with regard to the bankrupt, an order to reverse the order commencing bankruptcy proceedings or an order of discontinuance of bankruptcy proceedings becomes final and binding, or an order for completion of bankruptcy proceedings is issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所書記官は、第一項第二号の規定により破産手続開始の登記がされた権利について、第三十四条第四項の決定により破産財団に属しないこととされたときは、職権で、遅滞なく、その登記の抹消を嘱託しなければならない。破産管財人がその登記がされた権利を放棄し、その登記の抹消の嘱託の申立てをしたときも、同様とする。 art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-3 The court clerk must commission cancellation of the registration by their own authority without delay if any right with which a registration of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings was made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) is determined by the order under Article 34, paragraph (4) as not belonging to the bankruptcy estate. The same applies when a bankruptcy trustee has waived the registered right and filed a petition for commission of cancellation of the registration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項第二号（第二項において準用する場合を含む。）及び前項後段の規定は、相続財産又は信託財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合について準用する。 art-258/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2)) and the second sentence of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an order of commencement bankruptcy proceedings is issued against estate or trust property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項第二号の規定は、信託財産について保全管理命令があった場合又は当該保全管理命令の変更若しくは取消しがあった場合について準用する。 art-258/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) apply mutatis mutandis if an order for temporary administration is issued on the trust property or if the order for temporary administration is changed or reversed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-258/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第一項 (Article 258, paragraph (1)), art-258/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1 - art-258/par-3: 第一項第二号 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第一項第二号 (Article 258, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-258/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1/item-2 - art-258/par-3: 第三十四条第四項 → 破産法 第三十四条第四項 (Article 34, paragraph (4)), art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-34/par-4 - art-258/par-4: 第一項第二号 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第一項第二号 (Article 258, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-258/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1/item-2 - art-258/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第二項 (Article 258, paragraph (2)), art-258/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-2 - art-258/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第三項 (Article 258, paragraph (3)), art-258/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-3 - art-258/par-5: 第一項第二号 → 破産法 第二百五十八条第一項第二号 (Article 258, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-258/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百五十八条第二項（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-2 - 破産法 第二百五十八条第三項（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-3 - 破産法 第二百五十八条第四項（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-4 - 破産法 第二百五十八条第五項（個人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-258/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-258/par-5 - 破産法 第二百六十一条第一項（非課税） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-261/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-261/par-1 - 破産法 第二百六十二条第一項（登録のある権利への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-262/par-1 --- ## 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