# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第五十五条 (Article 55) - 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（継続的給付を目的とする双務契約） — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条（継続的給付を目的とする双務契約） — (Executory Contracts for Continuous Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55 **第一項** 破産者に対して継続的給付の義務を負う双務契約の相手方は、破産手続開始の申立て前の給付に係る破産債権について弁済がないことを理由としては、破産手続開始後は、その義務の履行を拒むことができない。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-1 After the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, the counterparty to a bilateral contract who has an obligation to provide continuous performance to the bankrupt may not refuse to perform the obligation on the grounds that no payment is made with regard to the bankruptcy claim arising from the performance provided prior to the filing of a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の双務契約の相手方が破産手続開始の申立て後破産手続開始前にした給付に係る請求権（一定期間ごとに債権額を算定すべき継続的給付については、申立ての日の属する期間内の給付に係る請求権を含む。）は、財団債権とする。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-2 A claim arising from the performance that is provided by the counterparty to an executory contract prescribed in the preceding paragraph after the filing of a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, and prior to the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings (in the case of continuous performance for which the amount of claim should be calculated for each specific period of time, the claim arising from the performance provided within the period that includes the date of filing of the petition is included) is a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、労働契約には、適用しない。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to a labor contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第五十五条第二項（継続的給付を目的とする双務契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-2 - 破産法 第五十五条第三項（継続的給付を目的とする双務契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-55/par-3 --- ## 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