# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百五十二条 (Article 152) - 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: 第百五十二条 (Article 152)（破産財団不足の場合の弁済方法等） — address `art-152` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152 - 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. --- ### 第百五十二条（破産財団不足の場合の弁済方法等） — (Means of Payment in Case of Insufficient Bankruptcy Estates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152 **第一項** 破産財団が財団債権の総額を弁済するのに足りないことが明らかになった場合における財団債権は、法令に定める優先権にかかわらず、債権額の割合により弁済する。ただし、財団債権を被担保債権とする留置権、特別の先取特権、質権又は抵当権の効力を妨げない。 art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152/par-1 When it has become obvious that a bankruptcy estate is insufficient for paying the total amount of claims on the estate, the bankruptcy estate makes payment in proportion to the amount of each claim, notwithstanding any priorities specified in laws and regulations; provided, however, that this does not preclude the effect of any right of retention, special statutory lien, pledge, or mortgage that is intended to secure a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、同項本文に規定する場合における第百四十八条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる財団債権（債務者の財産の管理及び換価に関する費用の請求権であって、同条第四項に規定するものを含む。）は、他の財団債権に先立って、弁済する。 art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, claims on the estate stated in Article 148, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) (including a claim for expenses for the administration and realization of a debtor's property, which is prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article) are paid prior to other claims on the estate in the case prescribed in the main clause of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-152/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百五十二条第一項 (Article 152, paragraph (1)), art-152/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152/par-1 - art-152/par-2: 第百四十八条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第百四十八条第一項第一号 (Article 148, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-148/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-148/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-148/par-1/item-1 - art-152/par-2: 第二号 → 破産法 第百四十八条第一項第二号 (Article 148, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-148/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-148/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-148/par-1/item-2 - art-152/par-2: 同条第四項 → 破産法 第百四十八条第四項 (Article 148, paragraph (4)), art-148/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-148/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-148/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第九十一条第一項（保全管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-91/par-1 - 破産法 第百五十二条第二項（破産財団不足の場合の弁済方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-152/par-2 - 破産法 第二百四十四条の十二第一項（保全管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-12/par-1 --- ## 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