# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第六十五条 (Article 65)

- 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65)（別除権） — address `art-65`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65
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### 第六十五条（別除権） — (Right of Separate Satisfaction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-65</sup>

    **第一項**  別除権は、破産手続によらないで、行使することができる。
    <sup>art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-65/par-1</sup>
    A right of separate satisfaction may be exercised without going through bankruptcy proceedings.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  担保権（特別の先取特権、質権又は抵当権をいう。以下この項において同じ。）の目的である財産が破産管財人による任意売却その他の事由により破産財団に属しないこととなった場合において当該担保権がなお存続するときにおける当該担保権を有する者も、その目的である財産について別除権を有する。
    <sup>art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-65/par-2</sup>
    If property that is the subject matter of a security interest (meaning a special statutory lien, pledge, or mortgage; the same applies below in this paragraph) no longer belongs to the bankruptcy estate due to sale by private contract by a bankruptcy trustee or for any other reason, the person that has the security interest may also have a right of separate satisfaction over the property that is the subject matter of the security interest if it still exists.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-65/par-2: この項 → 破産法 第六十五条第二項 (Article 65, paragraph (2)), art-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-65/par-2

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第二条第九項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-2/par-9
- 破産法 第六十五条第二項（別除権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-65/par-2
- 破産法 第百八条第一項（別除権者等の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-108/par-1
- 破産法 第百九十八条第三項（破産債権の除斥等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-198/par-3

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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
