# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百五十八条 (Article 158)

- 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: 第百五十八条 (Article 158)（財産状況報告集会への報告） — address `art-158`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-158
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-158
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### 第百五十八条（財産状況報告集会への報告） — (Reports to Meetings for Reporting the Status of Property)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-158</sup>

  **第一項**  財産状況報告集会においては、破産管財人は、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項の要旨を報告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-158/par-1</sup>
  At a meeting for reporting the status of property, a bankruptcy trustee must report the outline of the particulars stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-158/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百五十七条第一項 (Article 157, paragraph (1)), art-157/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第三十一条第一項第二号（破産手続開始の決定と同時に定めるべき事項等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-2

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## 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