# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) - 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（破産者の引致） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条（破産者の引致） — (Physically Escorting the Bankrupt to the Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要と認めるときは、破産者の引致を命ずることができる。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-1 The court may order the bankrupt to be physically escorted to the court or any other place when it finds it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産手続開始の申立てがあったときは、裁判所は、破産手続開始の決定をする前でも、債務者の引致を命ずることができる。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-2 When a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is made, the court may order the debtor physically escorted to the court or any other place even before making an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による引致は、引致状を発してしなければならない。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-3 A physical escort under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must be undertaken after the issuance of a writ of physical escort Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の規定による引致を命ずる決定に対しては、破産者又は債務者は、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-4 The bankrupt or debtor may file an immediate appeal against an order to order the physical escort to the court or other places made under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）中勾引に関する規定は、第一項及び第二項の規定による引致について準用する。 art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-5 The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) concerning physical escorts apply mutatis mutandis to the physical escorts to the court and other places under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第三十八条第三項（破産者の引致） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-3 - 破産法 第三十八条第四項（破産者の引致） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-4 - 破産法 第三十八条第五項（破産者の引致） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38/par-5 - 破産法 第三十九条第一項（破産者に準ずる者への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-39/par-1 - 破産法 第二百三十条第三項（相続人等の説明義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-230/par-3 - 破産法 第二百四十四条の六第三項（受託者等の説明義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-3 --- ## 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