# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十四条 (Article 144) - 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: 第百四十四条 (Article 144)（債権者委員会） — address `art-144` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四十四条（債権者委員会） — (Creditors' Committees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144 **第一項** 裁判所は、破産債権者をもって構成する委員会がある場合には、利害関係人の申立てにより、当該委員会が、この法律の定めるところにより、破産手続に関与することを承認することができる。ただし、次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合に限る。 art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1 When there is a committee consisting of bankruptcy creditors, upon the petition of an interested person, the court may approve the participation of the committee in bankruptcy proceedings as provided for by this Act; provided, however, that this applies only when all of the conditions referred to in the following items are met: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 委員の数が、三人以上最高裁判所規則で定める人数以内であること。 art-144/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1/item-1 the number of committee members is not less than three and not more than the number specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産債権者の過半数が当該委員会が破産手続に関与することについて同意していると認められること。 art-144/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1/item-2 it is found that the majority of bankruptcy creditors consent to the committee's participation in bankruptcy proceedings; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該委員会が破産債権者全体の利益を適切に代表すると認められること。 art-144/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1/item-3 it is found that the committee properly represents the interest of bankruptcy creditors as a whole. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、破産手続において、前項の規定により承認された委員会（以下「債権者委員会」という。）に対して、意見の陳述を求めることができる。 art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-2 When the court finds it necessary, it may request the approved committee pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to below as the "creditors' committee") to state its opinion in bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 債権者委員会は、破産手続において、裁判所又は破産管財人に対して、意見を述べることができる。 art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-3 The creditors' committee may state its opinion to the court or a bankruptcy trustee in bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者委員会に破産手続の円滑な進行に貢献する活動があったと認められるときは、裁判所は、当該活動のために必要な費用を支出した破産債権者の申立てにより、破産財団から当該破産債権者に対して相当と認める額の費用を償還することを許可することができる。この場合においては、当該費用の請求権は、財団債権とする。 art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-4 When it is found that the creditors' committee has carried out activities that contribute to ensuring smooth progress of bankruptcy proceedings, upon the petition of a bankruptcy creditor that has incurred necessary expenses for the activities, the court may permit reimbursement of the amount of expenses which it finds reasonable to the bankruptcy creditor from the bankruptcy estate. In this case, a claim for the expenses is to be a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判所は、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、いつでも第一項の規定による承認を取り消すことができる。 art-144/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-5 Upon the petition of an interested person or by its own authority, the court may rescind the approval given pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-144/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百四十四条第一項 (Article 144, paragraph (1)), art-144/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1 - art-144/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百四十四条第一項 (Article 144, paragraph (1)), art-144/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第四十条第一項（破産者等の説明義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-40/par-1 - 破産法 第百三十五条第一項第二号（債権者集会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-135/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-135/par-1/item-2 - 破産法 第百四十四条第二項（債権者委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-2 - 破産法 第百四十四条第五項（債権者委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-144/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-144/par-5 - 破産法 第百四十五条第一項（債権者委員会の意見聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-145/par-1 --- ## 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