Upon the request of a bankruptcy trustee or the creditors' committee prescribed in Article 144, paragraph (2) or the request based on a resolution at a creditors' meeting, the following persons must give necessary explanation concerning bankruptcy; provided, however, that with regard to the person stated in item (v), this applies only when permitted by the court:
when the bankrupt is a corporation, its director, company director, executive officer, inspector, company auditor, and liquidator;
破産者が法人である場合のその理事、取締役、執行役、監事、監査役及び清算人
any other person equivalent to the persons stated in the preceding item; and
前号に掲げる者に準ずる者
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a person that is any of the persons stated in the items of that paragraph (excluding item (i)).
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