# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45) - 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: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — address `art-45` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — (Handling of Actions by the Subrogee and Actions for Rescission of Fraudulent Acts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45 **第一項** 民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第四百二十三条第一項、第四百二十三条の七又は第四百二十四条第一項の規定により破産債権者又は財団債権者の提起した訴訟が破産手続開始当時係属するときは、その訴訟手続は、中断する。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-1 If an action filed by a bankruptcy creditor or holder of a claim on the estate pursuant to the provisions of Article 423, paragraph (1), Article 423-7 or Article 424, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896) is pending at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, the action is subject to a continuance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定により中断した訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、受継の申立ては、相手方もすることができる。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee may take over the action which was subject to a continuance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, a petition for taking over the action may also be filed by the opponent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合においては、相手方の破産債権者又は財団債権者に対する訴訟費用請求権は、財団債権とする。 art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the opponent's claim for court costs against the bankruptcy creditor or holder of a claim on the estate is a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により中断した訴訟手続について第二項の規定による受継があった後に破産手続が終了したときは、当該訴訟手続は、中断する。 art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-4 If the bankruptcy proceedings are closed after the action was taken over under the provisions of paragraph (2), the bankruptcy proceedings which were subject to a continuance under the provisions of paragraph (1), the action is subject to a continuance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の場合には、破産債権者又は財団債権者において当該訴訟手続を受け継がなければならない。この場合においては、受継の申立ては、相手方もすることができる。 art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-5 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the bankruptcy creditor or holder of claim on the estate must take over the action. In this case, a petition for taking over the action may also be filed by the opponent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の規定により中断した訴訟手続について第二項の規定による受継があるまでに破産手続が終了したときは、破産債権者又は財団債権者は、当然訴訟手続を受継する。 art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-6 If the bankruptcy proceedings which were subject to a continuance under the provisions of paragraph (1) are closed before the proceeding action has been taken over under the provisions of paragraph (2), the bankruptcy creditor or holder of claim on the estate automatically takes over the action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45/par-1: 民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第四百二十三条第一項 → 民法 第四百二十三条第一項 (Article 423, paragraph (1)), art-423/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423/par-1 - art-45/par-1: 第四百二十三条の七 → 民法 第四百二十三条の七 (Article 423-7), art-423-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423-7 - art-45/par-1: 第四百二十四条第一項 → 民法 第四百二十四条第一項 (Article 424, paragraph (1)), art-424/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-424/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-424/par-1 - art-45/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-1 - art-45/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-2 - art-45/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-1 - art-45/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-2 - art-45/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第四十五条第四項 (Article 45, paragraph (4)), art-45/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-4 - art-45/par-6: 第一項 → 破産法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-1 - art-45/par-6: 第二項 → 破産法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第四十五条第二項（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-2 - 破産法 第四十五条第三項（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-3 - 破産法 第四十五条第四項（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-4 - 破産法 第四十五条第五項（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/par-5 - 破産法 第四十五条第六項（債権者代位訴訟及び詐害行為取消訴訟の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-45/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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19