# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78)

- 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（破産管財人の権限） — address `art-78`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78
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### 第七十八条（破産管財人の権限） — (Authority of Bankruptcy Trustees)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78</sup>

    **第一項**  破産手続開始の決定があった場合には、破産財団に属する財産の管理及び処分をする権利は、裁判所が選任した破産管財人に専属する。
    <sup>art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-1</sup>
    If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made, the right to administer and dispose of property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate is vested exclusively in a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the court.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  破産管財人が次に掲げる行為をするには、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。
    <sup>art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2</sup>
    Bankruptcy trustees must obtain permission of the court in order to conduct the following acts:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  不動産に関する物権、登記すべき日本船舶又は外国船舶の任意売却
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-1</sup>
      sale by private contract of real estate, Japanese vessels or foreign vessels that must be registered;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  鉱業権、漁業権、公共施設等運営権、樹木採取権、漁港水面施設運営権、貯留権、試掘権（二酸化炭素の貯留事業に関する法律（令和六年法律第三十八号）第二条第八項に規定する試掘権をいう。）、特許権、実用新案権、意匠権、商標権、回路配置利用権、育成者権、著作権又は著作隣接権の任意売却
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-2</sup>
      sale by private contract of mining rights, fishing rights, rights to operate a public facility, etc., timber rights, rights to operate fishing port surface facilities, storage rights, prospecting rights (meaning prospecting rights prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the Act on Carbon Dioxide Storage Business (Act No. 38 of 2024)), patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, rights of layout-designs of integrated circuits, breeder's rights, copyrights or neighboring rights;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **三**  営業又は事業の譲渡
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-3</sup>
      transfer of operations or business;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  商品の一括売却
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-4</sup>
      package sale of goods;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  借財
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-5</sup>
      borrowing of money;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **六**  第二百三十八条第二項の規定による相続の放棄の承認、第二百四十三条において準用する同項の規定による包括遺贈の放棄の承認又は第二百四十四条第一項の規定による特定遺贈の放棄
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-6</sup>
      approval of renunciation of inheritance under the provisions of Article 238, paragraph (2), approval of renunciation of a universal legacy under the provisions of Article 243 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 238, paragraph (2) or renunciation of a particular legacy pursuant to the provisions of Article 244 paragraph (1);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **七**  動産の任意売却
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-7</sup>
      sale by private contract of movables;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **八**  債権又は有価証券の譲渡
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-8</sup>
      transfer of a claim or securities;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **九**  第五十三条第一項の規定による履行の請求
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-9</sup>
      request for performance under the provisions of Article 53, paragraph (1);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十**  訴えの提起
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-10</sup>
      filing of an action;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十一**  和解又は仲裁合意（仲裁法（平成十五年法律第百三十八号）第二条第一項に規定する仲裁合意をいう。）
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-11</sup>
      settlement or arbitration agreement (meaning an arbitration agreement prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Arbitration Act (Act No. 138 of 2003));
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十二**  権利の放棄
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-12</sup>
      waiver of a right;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十三**  財団債権、取戻権又は別除権の承認
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-13</sup>
      approval of a claim on the estate, right of segregation or right of separate satisfaction;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十四**  別除権の目的である財産の受戻し
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-14</sup>
      redemption of the collateral for the right of separate satisfaction; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **十五**  その他裁判所の指定する行為
      <sup>art-78/par-2/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-15</sup>
      any other act designated by the court.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、同項第七号から第十四号までに掲げる行為については、次に掲げる場合には、同項の許可を要しない。
    <sup>art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the acts listed in item (vii) to item (xiv) of that paragraph do not require permission stated in that paragraph:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  最高裁判所規則で定める額以下の価額を有するものに関するとき。
      <sup>art-78/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3/item-1</sup>
      if the value of the subject matter of the act in question is not more than the amount specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  前号に掲げるもののほか、裁判所が前項の許可を要しないものとしたものに関するとき。
      <sup>art-78/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3/item-2</sup>
      beyond the case stated in the preceding item, if the court considers that the permission stated in the preceding paragraph is not required for the act in question.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  裁判所は、第二項第三号の規定により営業又は事業の譲渡につき同項の許可をする場合には、労働組合等の意見を聴かなければならない。
    <sup>art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-4</sup>
    When granting the permission stated in paragraph (2) for the transfer of an operation or business pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), item (iii), the court must hear opinions of the labor union, etc.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第五項**  第二項の許可を得ないでした行為は、無効とする。ただし、これをもって善意の第三者に対抗することができない。
    <sup>art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-5</sup>
    Any act conducted without the permission stated in paragraph (2) is void; provided, however, that this may not be asserted against a third party in good faith.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第六項**  破産管財人は、第二項各号に掲げる行為をしようとするときは、遅滞を生ずるおそれのある場合又は第三項各号に掲げる場合を除き、破産者の意見を聴かなければならない。
    <sup>art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-6</sup>
    When seeking to conduct any of the acts stated in the items of paragraph (2), a bankruptcy trustee must hear the opinions of the bankrupt, except if the hearing is likely to cause a delay, or in any of the cases stated in the items of paragraph (3).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78/par-2/item-2: 二酸化炭素の貯留事業に関する法律（令和六年法律第三十八号）第二条第八項 → e-Gov law 506AC0000000038, 第二条第八項 (Article 2, paragraph (8)), art-2/par-8 — not held in this collection
- art-78/par-2/item-6: 第二百三十八条第二項 → 破産法 第二百三十八条第二項 (Article 238, paragraph (2)), art-238/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238/par-2
- art-78/par-2/item-6: 第二百四十三条 → 破産法 第二百四十三条 (Article 243), art-243 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-243 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-243
- art-78/par-2/item-6: 第二百四十四条第一項 → 破産法 第二百四十四条第一項 (Article 244, paragraph (1)), art-244/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244/par-1
- art-78/par-2/item-9: 第五十三条第一項 → 破産法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-1
- art-78/par-2/item-11: 仲裁法（平成十五年法律第百三十八号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 415AC0000000138, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-78/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (x)), art-78/par-2/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-10
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十一号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (xi)), art-78/par-2/item-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-11
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十二号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (xii)), art-78/par-2/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-12
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十三号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (xiii)), art-78/par-2/item-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-13
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十四号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (xiv)), art-78/par-2/item-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-14
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第七号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (vii)), art-78/par-2/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-7
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第八号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (viii)), art-78/par-2/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-8
- art-78/par-3: 同項第七号から第十四号まで → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第九号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (ix)), art-78/par-2/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-9
- art-78/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 破産法 第七十八条第三項第一号 (Article 78, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-78/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3/item-1
- art-78/par-3/item-2: 前項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2
- art-78/par-4: 第二項第三号 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項第三号 (Article 78, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-78/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-3
- art-78/par-4: 同項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2
- art-78/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2
- art-78/par-6: 第二項 → 破産法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2
- art-78/par-6: 第三項 → 破産法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 破産法 第十二条第一項第一号（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1/item-1
- 破産法 第三十二条第三項第四号（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-4
- 破産法 第六十二条第一項（取戻権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-62/par-1
- 破産法 第七十八条第三項（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3
- 破産法 第七十八条第三項第二号（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-3/item-2
- 破産法 第七十八条第四項（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-4
- 破産法 第七十八条第五項（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-5
- 破産法 第七十八条第六項（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-6
- 破産法 第九十三条第三項（保全管理人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-93/par-3
- 破産法 第百八十四条第一項（換価の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-184/par-1
- 破産法 附則第二十条第一項（破産法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/suppl-5061-38/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/suppl-5061-38/art-20/par-1

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## Sources

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