# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第七十七条 (Article 77) - 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: 第七十七条 (Article 77)（破産管財人代理） — address `art-77` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77 - 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. --- ### 第七十七条（破産管財人代理） — (Bankruptcy Trustee Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77 **第一項** 破産管財人は、必要があるときは、その職務を行わせるため、自己の責任で一人又は数人の破産管財人代理を選任することができる。 art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77/par-1 A bankruptcy trustee may appoint one or more bankruptcy trustee representatives on their own responsibility, if necessary, in order to have them perform their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の破産管財人代理の選任については、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。 art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77/par-2 The appointment of the bankruptcy trustee representative stated in the preceding paragraph requires the permission of the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-77/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第七十七条第二項（破産管財人代理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-77/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