# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73) - 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73)（破産管財人の催告権） — address `art-73` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条（破産管財人の催告権） — (Bankruptcy Trustee's Rights of Demand) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73 **第一項** 破産管財人は、第三十一条第一項第三号の期間が経過した後又は同号の期日が終了した後は、第六十七条の規定により相殺をすることができる破産債権者に対し、一月以上の期間を定め、その期間内に当該破産債権をもって相殺をするかどうかを確答すべき旨を催告することができる。ただし、破産債権者の負担する債務が弁済期にあるときに限る。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73/par-1 After the period stated in Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii) expires or the date stated in Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii) ends, a bankruptcy trustee may set a period of not less than one month and make a demand on a bankruptcy creditor that is able to offset a debt pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, that the bankruptcy creditor should give a definite answer within that period with regard to whether they will effect a set-off, with their bankruptcy claim; provided, however, that this does apply only if the debt owed by the bankruptcy creditor is due. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による催告があった場合において、破産債権者が同項の規定により定めた期間内に確答をしないときは、当該破産債権者は、破産手続の関係においては、当該破産債権についての相殺の効力を主張することができない。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73/par-2 If a demand under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is made, the bankruptcy creditor may not assert the effect of offsetting debt in their bankruptcy claim in bankruptcy proceedings if the bankruptcy creditor fails to give a definite answer within the period specified under the provisions of that paragraph, . Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-73/par-1: 第三十一条第一項第三号 → 破産法 第三十一条第一項第三号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-31/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-3 - art-73/par-1: 第六十七条 → 破産法 第六十七条 (Article 67), art-67 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-67 - art-73/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第七十三条第二項（破産管財人の催告権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-73/par-2 --- ## 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