# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百五十三条 (Article 153) - 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: 第百五十三条 (Article 153)（財産の価額の評定等） — address `art-153` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153 - 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. --- ### 第百五十三条（財産の価額の評定等） — (Evaluation of Property Values) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153 **第一項** 破産管財人は、破産手続開始後遅滞なく、破産財団に属する一切の財産につき、破産手続開始の時における価額を評定しなければならない。この場合においては、破産者をその評定に立ち会わせることができる。 art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-1 Without delay after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, a bankruptcy trustee must evaluate the value of any and all of the property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings. In this case, the bankruptcy trustee may have the bankrupt attend the evaluation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定による評定を完了したときは、直ちに破産手続開始の時における財産目録及び貸借対照表を作成し、これらを裁判所に提出しなければならない。 art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-2 When they have completed the evaluation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a bankruptcy trustee must immediately prepare an inventory of assets and a balance sheet at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and submit them to the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産財団に属する財産の総額が最高裁判所規則で定める額に満たない場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、破産管財人は、裁判所の許可を得て、同項の貸借対照表の作成及び提出をしないことができる。 art-153/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-3 If the total amount of property that belongs to a bankruptcy estate is less than the amount specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, , with the permission of the court, a bankruptcy trustee may choose not to prepare and submit the balance sheet referred to in that paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-153/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百五十三条第一項 (Article 153, paragraph (1)), art-153/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-1 - art-153/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百五十三条第二項 (Article 153, paragraph (2)), art-153/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百四十六条第一項（破産管財人の債権者委員会に対する報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-146/par-1 - 破産法 第百五十三条第二項（財産の価額の評定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-2 - 破産法 第百五十三条第三項（財産の価額の評定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-153/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-153/par-3 --- ## 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