# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百十条 (Article 110) - 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: 第百十条 (Article 110)（代理委員） — address `art-110` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110 - 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. --- ### 第百十条（代理委員） — (Bankruptcy Creditor Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110 **第一項** 破産債権者は、裁判所の許可を得て、共同して又は各別に、一人又は数人の代理委員を選任することができる。 art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-1 With permission of the court, a bankruptcy creditor may jointly or severally appoint one or more bankruptcy creditor representatives. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 代理委員は、これを選任した破産債権者のために、破産手続に属する一切の行為をすることができる。 art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-2 A bankruptcy creditor representative may perform any and all acts involved in bankruptcy proceedings in the interest of the bankruptcy creditors that appoint the representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 代理委員が数人あるときは、共同してその権限を行使する。ただし、第三者の意思表示は、その一人に対してすれば足りる。 art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-3 If there are two or more bankruptcy creditor representatives, they exercise their authority jointly; provided, however, that it is sufficient for a manifestation of intention by a third party to be made to one of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、代理委員の権限の行使が著しく不公正であると認めるときは、第一項の許可を取り消すことができる。 art-110/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-4 The court may rescind the permission stated in paragraph (1) when it finds the exercise of authority by the bankruptcy creditor representative to be grossly unfair. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-110/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百十条第一項 (Article 110, paragraph (1)), art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百十条第四項（代理委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-110/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-110/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19