# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39)

- 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39)（破産者に準ずる者への準用） — address `art-39`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-39
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-39
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### 第三十九条（破産者に準ずる者への準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis to Persons Equivalent to Bankrupts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-39</sup>

    **第一項**  前二条の規定は、破産者の法定代理人及び支配人並びに破産者の理事、取締役、執行役及びこれらに準ずる者について準用する。
    <sup>art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-39/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis to the bankrupt's legal representative and manager, as well as to the bankrupt's director, company director, executive officer, and any other person equivalent to them.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the bankrupt's legal representative and manager, as well as to the bankrupt's director, company director, executive officer, and any other person equivalent to them." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-39/par-1: 前二条 → 破産法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-37
- art-39/par-1: 前二条 → 破産法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act (破産法), Article 39, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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