# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41)

- 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（破産者の重要財産開示義務） — address `art-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-41
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-41
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### 第四十一条（破産者の重要財産開示義務） — (Obligation to Disclose Important Property of Bankrupts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-41</sup>

    **第一項**  破産者は、破産手続開始の決定後遅滞なく、その所有する不動産、現金、有価証券、預貯金その他裁判所が指定する財産の内容を記載した書面を裁判所に提出しなければならない。
    <sup>art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-41/par-1</sup>
    After an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, the bankrupt must submit to the court a document stating the contents of real property, cash, securities, deposits and savings, and any other types of property designated by the court that the bankrupt owns.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第二百四十四条の六第四項（受託者等の説明義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-4
- 破産法 第二百五十二条第一項第十一号（免責許可の決定の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-252/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-252/par-1/item-11
- 破産法 第二百六十九条第一項（重要財産開示拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-269/par-1

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## 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
