# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百八十三条 (Article 183)

- 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: 第百八十三条 (Article 183)（匿名組合員の出資責任） — address `art-183`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-183
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-183
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### 第百八十三条（匿名組合員の出資責任） — (Silent Partners' Liability of Contributions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-183</sup>

  **第一項**  匿名組合契約が営業者が破産手続開始の決定を受けたことによって終了したときは、破産管財人は、匿名組合員に、その負担すべき損失の額を限度として、出資をさせることができる。
  <sup>art-183/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-183/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-183/par-1</sup>
  When a silent partnership agreement terminates by reason that the proprietor has received an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings, a bankruptcy trustee may have the silent partner pay contributions up to the amount of loss to be borne by them.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19