# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第六十六条 (Article 66) - 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66)（留置権の取扱い） — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条（留置権の取扱い） — (Handling of Rights of Retention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66 **第一項** 破産手続開始の時において破産財団に属する財産につき存する商法又は会社法の規定による留置権は、破産財団に対しては特別の先取特権とみなす。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-1 A right of retention under the provisions of the Commercial Code or the Companies Act that exists at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings over property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate is deemed to be a special statutory lien against the bankruptcy estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の特別の先取特権は、民法その他の法律の規定による他の特別の先取特権に後れる。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-2 The special statutory lien stated in the preceding paragraph is subordinate to any other special statutory lien under the provisions of the Civil Code or any other Acts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定するものを除き、破産手続開始の時において破産財団に属する財産につき存する留置権は、破産財団に対してはその効力を失う。 art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-3 Except for the one prescribed in paragraph (1), a right of retention that exists at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings over property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate ceases to be effective against the bankruptcy estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-1 - art-66/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第六十六条第二項（留置権の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/par-2 - 破産法 第六十六条第三項（留置権の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-66/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