# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百五十六条 (Article 156) - 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: 第百五十六条 (Article 156)（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — address `art-156` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — (Delivery of Property Belonging to Bankruptcy Estates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156 **第一項** 裁判所は、破産管財人の申立てにより、決定で、破産者に対し、破産財団に属する財産を破産管財人に引き渡すべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-1 The court may issue a ruling ordering that the bankrupt deliver the property that belongs to a bankruptcy estate to a bankruptcy trustee upon a petition of the bankruptcy trustee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をする場合には、破産者を審尋しなければならない。 art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-2 The court must interrogate the bankrupt when issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立てについての決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against the order on the petition referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てについての決定及び前項の即時抗告についての裁判があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-4 When an order on the petition referred to in paragraph (1) and a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph are made, the written judgments must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項の決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-156/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-5 The ruling referred to in paragraph (1) does not become effective unless it becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百五十六条第三項 (Article 156, paragraph (3)), art-156/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-3 - art-156/par-4: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3 - art-156/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百五十六条第二項（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-2 - 破産法 第百五十六条第三項（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-3 - 破産法 第百五十六条第四項（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/par-4 - 破産法 第百五十六条第五項（破産財団に属する財産の引渡し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-156/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-156/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19