# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第三条 (Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Article 3)（外国人の地位） — address `art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-3
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### 第三条（外国人の地位） — (Status of Foreign Nationals)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  外国人又は外国法人は、破産手続、第十二章第一節の規定による免責手続（以下「免責手続」という。）及び同章第二節の規定による復権の手続（以下この章において「破産手続等」と総称する。）に関し、日本人又は日本法人と同一の地位を有する。
<sup>art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-3/par-1</sup>
A foreign national or foreign corporation has the same status as a Japanese national or Japanese corporation, with respect to bankruptcy proceedings, discharge proceedings under the provisions of Chapter XII, Section 1 (referred to below as "discharge proceedings") and proceedings for release from restrictions under the provisions of Section 2 of that Chapter (collectively referred to below as "bankruptcy proceedings, etc." in this Chapter).
<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