# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十六条 (Article 146)

- 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: 第百四十六条 (Article 146)（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — address `art-146`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146
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### 第百四十六条（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — (Bankruptcy Trustee's Duty to Report to the Creditors' Committees)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146</sup>

    **第一項**  破産管財人は、第百五十三条第二項又は第百五十七条の規定により報告書等（報告書、財産目録又は貸借対照表をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を裁判所に提出したときは、遅滞なく、当該報告書等を債権者委員会にも提出しなければならない。
    <sup>art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-1</sup>
    When a bankruptcy trustee has submitted a written report, etc. (meaning written reports, inventories of assets, or balance sheets; the same applies below in this Article) to the court pursuant to the provisions of Article 153, paragraph (2) or Article 157, the bankruptcy trustee must also submit the written report, etc. to the creditors' committee without delay.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  破産管財人は、前項の場合において、当該報告書等に第十二条第一項に規定する支障部分に該当する部分があると主張して同項の申立てをしたときは、当該部分を除いた報告書等を債権者委員会に提出すれば足りる。
    <sup>art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-2</sup>
    In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when a bankruptcy trustee has alleged that the written report, etc. contains a part falling under the detrimental part prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (1) and has filed the petition referred to in that paragraph, it is sufficient for the bankruptcy trustee to submit the written report, etc. excluding the part in question to the creditors' committee.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-146/par-1: 第百五十三条第二項 → 破産法 第百五十三条第二項 (Article 153, paragraph (2)), art-153/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-2
- art-146/par-1: 第百五十七条 → 破産法 第百五十七条 (Article 157), art-157 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157
- art-146/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第百四十六条 (Article 146), art-146 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146
- art-146/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-1
- art-146/par-2: 第十二条第一項 → 破産法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第百四十六条第一項（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-1
- 破産法 第百四十六条第二項（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-2

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
