# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百四十二条 (Article 642) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": 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: 第六百四十二条 (Article 642)（注文者についての破産手続の開始による解除） — address `art-642` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十二条（注文者についての破産手続の開始による解除） — (Cancellation on Commencement of Bankruptcy Proceeding for Party Ordering Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-642 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642 **第一項** 注文者が破産手続開始の決定を受けたときは、請負人又は破産管財人は、契約の解除をすることができる。ただし、請負人による契約の解除については、仕事を完成した後は、この限りでない。 art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-1 If the party ordering work receives an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding, the contractor or the bankruptcy trustee may cancel the contract; provided, however, that this does not apply to the cancellation of the contract by the contractor after the work is completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、請負人は、既にした仕事の報酬及びその中に含まれていない費用について、破産財団の配当に加入することができる。 art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the contractor may participate in the distribution of the bankruptcy estate with respect to the remuneration for the work already completed and expenses not included in this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合には、契約の解除によって生じた損害の賠償は、破産管財人が契約の解除をした場合における請負人に限り、請求することができる。この場合において、請負人は、その損害賠償について、破産財団の配当に加入する。 art-642/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-3 In the cases referred to in paragraph (1), claims for compensation for damage suffered as a result of the cancellation of the contract are permitted only for contractors under contracts cancelled by the bankruptcy trustee. In such a case, the contractors participate in the distribution of the bankruptcy estate with respect to that compensation for damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-642/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百四十二条第一項 (Article 642, paragraph (1)), art-642/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-1 - art-642/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第六百四十二条第一項 (Article 642, paragraph (1)), art-642/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百四十二条第二項（注文者についての破産手続の開始による解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-2 - 民法 第六百四十二条第三項（注文者についての破産手続の開始による解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-642/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-3 - 民法 附則第七条第一項（民法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-76/art-7/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11