# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四条 (Article 104) - 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: 第百四条 (Article 104)（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — address `art-104` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — (Participation in Proceedings When Two or More Persons Have the Obligation of Performing the Entire Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104 **第一項** 数人が各自全部の履行をする義務を負う場合において、その全員又はそのうちの数人若しくは一人について破産手続開始の決定があったときは、債権者は、破産手続開始の時において有する債権の全額についてそれぞれの破産手続に参加することができる。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-1 When several persons have the obligation to perform the entire proceedings respectively, if an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against all or some or one of them, their creditor may participate in the bankruptcy proceedings against each person with regard to the whole amount of the claim that they hold at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、他の全部の履行をする義務を負う者が破産手続開始後に債権者に対して弁済その他の債務を消滅させる行為（以下この条において「弁済等」という。）をしたときであっても、その債権の全額が消滅した場合を除き、その債権者は、破産手続開始の時において有する債権の全額についてその権利を行使することができる。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, even if other persons who have the obligation to perform the entire proceedings have paid the creditor or conducted any other act with the creditor to cause their debt to be extinguished (referred to below as "payment, etc." in this Article) after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, except if the whole amount of the claim is extinguished, the creditor may exercise their right for the whole amount of the claim that they hold at the time of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する場合において、破産者に対して将来行うことがある求償権を有する者は、その全額について破産手続に参加することができる。ただし、債権者が破産手続開始の時において有する債権について破産手続に参加したときは、この限りでない。 art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-3 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), a person that has a right to receive reimbursement to be exercised against the bankrupt in the future may participate in the bankruptcy proceedings with regard to the whole amount of reimbursement; provided, however, that this does not apply when a creditor has participated in the bankruptcy proceedings regarding the claim that they hold at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により債権者が破産手続に参加した場合において、破産者に対して将来行うことがある求償権を有する者が破産手続開始後に債権者に対して弁済等をしたときは、その債権の全額が消滅した場合に限り、その求償権を有する者は、その求償権の範囲内において、債権者が有した権利を破産債権者として行使することができる。 art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-4 When a creditor participates in the bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), if a person that has a right to receive reimbursement to be exercised against the bankrupt in the future has made payment, etc. to the creditor after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, the person that has a right to receive reimbursement may exercise the creditor's right as a bankruptcy creditor to the extent of the right to receive reimbursement only when the whole amount of the creditor's claim is extinguished. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項の規定は破産者の債務を担保するため自己の財産を担保に供した第三者（以下この項において「物上保証人」という。）が破産手続開始後に債権者に対して弁済等をした場合について、前二項の規定は物上保証人が破産者に対して将来行うことがある求償権を有する場合における当該物上保証人について準用する。 art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when a third party that provided their property as security in order to secure the bankrupt's debt (referred to below as a "third party collateral provider" in this paragraph) has made payment, etc. to the creditor after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, and the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a third party collateral provider that has the right to obtain against the bankrupt in the future. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-2: この条 → 破産法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104 - art-104/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-2 - art-104/par-5: この項 → 破産法 第百四条第五項 (Article 104, paragraph (5)), art-104/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-5 - art-104/par-5: 前二項 → 破産法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), art-104/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-3 - art-104/par-5: 前二項 → 破産法 第百四条第四項 (Article 104, paragraph (4)), art-104/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百四条第二項（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-2 - 破産法 第百四条第三項（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-3 - 破産法 第百四条第四項（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-4 - 破産法 第百四条第五項（全部の履行をする義務を負う者が数人ある場合等の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-104/par-5 --- ## 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