# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5011-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-5011-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-5011-18
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 令和元年五月三一日法律第一八号
<sup>suppl-5011-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-5011-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-5011-18</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5011-18/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-5011-18/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-5011-18/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、二千一年の燃料油による汚染損害についての民事責任に関する国際条約及び二千七年の難破物の除去に関するナイロビ国際条約が日本国について効力を生ずる日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5011-18/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/suppl-5011-18/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-5011-18/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 and the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 come into effect with respect to Japan.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261019T021325-006, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19