# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十七条 (Article 147) - 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: 第百四十七条 (Article 147)（破産管財人に対する報告命令） — address `art-147` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147 - 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. --- ### 第百四十七条（破産管財人に対する報告命令） — (Report Order to Bankruptcy Trustees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147 **第一項** 債権者委員会は、破産債権者全体の利益のために必要があるときは、裁判所に対し、破産管財人に破産財団に属する財産の管理及び処分に関し必要な事項について第百五十七条第二項の規定による報告をすることを命ずるよう申し出ることができる。 art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147/par-1 When it is necessary for the interest of bankruptcy creditors as a whole, the creditors' committee may request the court to order that a bankruptcy trustee submit a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 157, paragraph (2) with regard to the necessary particulars concerning the administration and disposal of property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による申出を受けた裁判所は、当該申出が相当であると認めるときは、破産管財人に対し、第百五十七条第二項の規定による報告をすることを命じなければならない。 art-147/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147/par-2 The court that has received a request pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must order that a bankruptcy trustee submit a report under the provisions of Article 157, paragraph (2) when it finds the request appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-147/par-1: 第百五十七条第二項 → 破産法 第百五十七条第二項 (Article 157, paragraph (2)), art-157/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157/par-2 - art-147/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百四十七条第一項 (Article 147, paragraph (1)), art-147/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147/par-1 - art-147/par-2: 第百五十七条第二項 → 破産法 第百五十七条第二項 (Article 157, paragraph (2)), art-157/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百四十七条第二項（破産管財人に対する報告命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-147/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-147/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