# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)
- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4241-16/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4241-16/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成二十四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2012; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
machine translation, not official
**一から五まで** 略
suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-5
Omitted
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**六** 次に掲げる規定 平成二十五年七月一日
suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6
the following provisions: July 1, 2013.
machine translation, not official
**イ及びロ** 略
suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-1
Omitted
machine translation, not official
**ハ** 第七条の規定及び附則第七十二条から第七十八条までの規定
suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-1/par-1/item-6/sub-2
the provisions of Article 7 and the provisions of Articles 72 through 78 of the Supplementary Provisions.
machine translation, not official
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 破産法 附則第七十九条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-4241-16/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-4241-16/art-79/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-005, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19