# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53) - 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（双務契約） — address `art-53` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53 - 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. --- ### 第五十三条（双務契約） — (Executory Contracts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53 **第一項** 双務契約について破産者及びその相手方が破産手続開始の時において共にまだその履行を完了していないときは、破産管財人は、契約の解除をし、又は破産者の債務を履行して相手方の債務の履行を請求することができる。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-1 If both the bankrupt and the other party under an executory contract have not yet completely performed their obligations by the time of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, a bankruptcy trustee may cancel the contract or may perform the bankrupt's obligation and request the other party to perform their obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、相手方は、破産管財人に対し、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に契約の解除をするか、又は債務の履行を請求するかを確答すべき旨を催告することができる。この場合において、破産管財人がその期間内に確答をしないときは、契約の解除をしたものとみなす。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the counterparty may specify a reasonable period and make a demand on the bankruptcy trustee that the trustee should give a definite answer within that period with regard to whether they will cancel the contract or request performance of the obligation. In this case, if the bankruptcy trustee fails to give a definite answer within that period, it is deemed that the trustee has cancelled the contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、相手方又は破産管財人が民法第六百三十一条前段の規定により解約の申入れをすることができる場合又は同法第六百四十二条第一項前段の規定により契約の解除をすることができる場合について準用する。 art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if the counterparty or a bankruptcy trustee may give a notice of termination pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of Article 631 of the Civil Code or cancel the contract pursuant to the first sentence of Article 642, paragraph (1) of that Code. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-53/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-1 - art-53/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-2 - art-53/par-3: 民法第六百三十一条 → 民法 第六百三十一条 (Article 631), art-631 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-631 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-631 - art-53/par-3: 同法第六百四十二条第一項 → 民法 第六百四十二条第一項 (Article 642, paragraph (1)), art-642/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-642/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第五十三条第二項（双務契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-2 - 破産法 第五十三条第三項（双務契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-3 - 破産法 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54/par-1 - 破産法 第五十六条第一項（賃貸借契約等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-56/par-1 - 破産法 第六十三条第二項（運送中の物品の売主等の取戻権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-63/par-2 - 破産法 第七十八条第二項第九号（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-9 - 破産法 第百四十八条第一項第七号（財団債権となる請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-148/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-148/par-1/item-7 - 破産法 第百四十八条第一項第八号（財団債権となる請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-148/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-148/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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