A bankruptcy trustee may request any of the persons stated in the items of Article 40, paragraph (1) and any of the persons prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article to give an explanation pursuant to the provisions of that Article, or may inspect books, documents, and any other objects relating to the bankruptcy estate.
A bankruptcy trustee may request a subsidiary company, etc. (meaning a corporation specified in each of the following items for the category stated in the respective items; the same applies in the following paragraph) of the bankrupt to give an explanation on the status of their business and property, or may inspect their books, documents, and any other materials if it is necessary to do so in order to perform their duties:
if the bankrupt is a stock company:a subsidiary company (meaning a subsidiary company prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Companies Act) of the bankrupt;
if the bankrupt is a person other than a stock company:a stock company in which the bankrupt holds the majority of voting rights held by all shareholders; and
破産者が株式会社以外のものである場合 破産者が株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する場合における当該株式会社
If a subsidiary company, etc. of the bankrupt (limited to a person other than a stock company; the same applies below in this paragraph) independently holds or the bankrupt and the bankrupt's subsidiary company, etc. jointly hold the majority of voting rights held by all shareholders of another stock company, for the purpose of application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the other stock company is deemed to be a subsidiary company of the bankrupt.
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(Obligation of Explanation of Bankrupts)
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…
次に掲げる者は、破産管財人若しくは第百四十四条第二項に規定する債権者委員会の請求又は債権者集会の決議に基づく請求があったときは、破産に関し必要な説明をしなければならない。ただし、第五号に掲げる者については、裁判所の許可がある場合に限る。
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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…
次に掲げる者は、破産管財人若しくは第百四十四条第二項に規定する債権者委員会の請求又は債権者集会の決議に基づく請求があったときは、破産に関し必要な説明をしなければならない。ただし、第五号に掲げる者については、裁判所の許可がある場合に限る。
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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)).
前項の規定は、同項各号（第一号を除く。）に掲げる者であった者について準用する。
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A bankruptcy trustee may request a subsidiary company, etc. (meaning a corporation specified in each of the following items for the category stated in the respective items; the same applies in the…
破産管財人は、その職務を行うため必要があるときは、破産者の子会社等（次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める法人をいう。次項において同じ。）に対して、その業務及び財産の状況につき説明を求め、又はその帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査することができる。
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If a subsidiary company, etc. of the bankrupt (limited to a person other than a stock company; the same applies below in this paragraph) independently holds or the bankrupt and the bankrupt's…
破産者（株式会社以外のものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）の子会社等又は破産者及びその子会社等が他の株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する場合には、前項の規定の適用については、当該他の株式会社を当該破産者の子会社等とみなす。
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"subsidiary company" means any entity which is prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the corporation the management of which is controlled by a company, including, but not limited to…
子会社 会社がその総株主の議決権の過半数を有する株式会社その他の当該会社がその経営を支配している法人として法務省令で定めるものをいう。
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「破産者」
A debtor against whom an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings has been made under Article 30, paragraph (1).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (4)· applies throughout the law
bankruptcy trustee
「破産管財人」
A person who has the right to administer and dispose of the property belonging to the bankruptcy estate (破産財団) in bankruptcy proceedings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (12)· applies throughout the law
bankruptcy estate
「破産財団」
The bankrupt's (破産者) property, inherited property (相続財産) or trust property (信託財産) that the bankruptcy trustee (破産管財人) has the exclusive right to administer and dispose of in bankruptcy proceedings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (14)· applies throughout the law
subsidiary company, etc.machine translation
「子会社等」
In Article 83, paragraphs (2) and (3), a corporation connected with the bankrupt (破産者): where the bankrupt is a stock company, its subsidiary company as defined in Article 2, item (iii) of the Companies Act; where it is not, a stock company in which the bankrupt holds a majority of all shareholders' voting rights.
Defined inArticle 83, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 83, paragraph (3)