# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十七条 (Article 177) - 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: 第百七十七条 (Article 177)（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — address `art-177` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177 - 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. --- ### 第百七十七条（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — (Provisional Orders on Officer's Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-177 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177 **第一項** 裁判所は、法人である債務者について破産手続開始の決定があった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、破産管財人の申立てにより又は職権で、当該法人の理事、取締役、執行役、監事、監査役、清算人又はこれらに準ずる者（以下この節において「役員」という。）の責任に基づく損害賠償請求権につき、当該役員の財産に対する保全処分をすることができる。 art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-1 When an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against a debtor that is a corporation, the court may issue a provisional order on the property of the corporation's director, company director, executive officer, inspector, company auditor, liquidator, or any other person equivalent to them (referred to below as "officer" in this Section), when it finds it necessary to do so upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee or by its own authority with regard to a claim for damages based on the liabilities of , these officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、破産手続開始の申立てがあった時から当該申立てについての決定があるまでの間においても、緊急の必要があると認めるときは、債務者（保全管理人が選任されている場合にあっては、保全管理人）の申立てにより又は職権で、前項の規定による保全処分をすることができる。 art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-2 When the court finds that there is an urgent need even during the period after a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed until an order on the petition is made, the court may issue a provisional order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph upon the petition of a debtor (or a temporary administrator if any temporary administrator is appointed) or by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前二項の規定による保全処分を変更し、又は取り消すことができる。 art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-3 The court may change or reverse a provisional order under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項若しくは第二項の規定による保全処分又は前項の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against a provisional order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) or an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有しない。 art-177/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-5 The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of a stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第四項に規定する裁判及び同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-177/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-6 When a judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (4) and a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in that 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 **第七項** 第二項から前項までの規定は、破産手続開始の申立てを棄却する決定に対して第三十三条第一項の即時抗告があった場合について準用する。 art-177/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-7 The provisions of paragraph (2) through the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if an immediate appeal referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) is filed against an order dismissing a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-177/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第一項 (Article 177, paragraph (1)), art-177/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-1 - art-177/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第一項 (Article 177, paragraph (1)), art-177/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-1 - art-177/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第二項 (Article 177, paragraph (2)), art-177/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-2 - art-177/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第一項 (Article 177, paragraph (1)), art-177/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-1 - art-177/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第二項 (Article 177, paragraph (2)), art-177/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-2 - art-177/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第三項 (Article 177, paragraph (3)), art-177/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-3 - art-177/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第四項 (Article 177, paragraph (4)), art-177/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-4 - art-177/par-6: 第四項 → 破産法 第百七十七条第四項 (Article 177, paragraph (4)), art-177/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-4 - art-177/par-6: 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-177/par-7: 第二項から前項まで → 破産法 第百七十七条第二項 (Article 177, paragraph (2)), art-177/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-2 - art-177/par-7: 第二項から前項まで → 破産法 第百七十七条第三項 (Article 177, paragraph (3)), art-177/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-3 - art-177/par-7: 第二項から前項まで → 破産法 第百七十七条第四項 (Article 177, paragraph (4)), art-177/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-4 - art-177/par-7: 第二項から前項まで → 破産法 第百七十七条第五項 (Article 177, paragraph (5)), art-177/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-5 - art-177/par-7: 第二項から前項まで → 破産法 第百七十七条第六項 (Article 177, paragraph (6)), art-177/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-6 - art-177/par-7: 第三十三条第一項 → 破産法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-33/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百五十七条第一項第三号（裁判所への報告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-157/par-1/item-3 - 破産法 第百七十七条第二項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-2 - 破産法 第百七十七条第三項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-3 - 破産法 第百七十七条第四項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-4 - 破産法 第百七十七条第五項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-5 - 破産法 第百七十七条第六項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-6 - 破産法 第百七十七条第七項（役員の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-177/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-177/par-7 - 破産法 第二百四十四条の十一第三項（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-11/par-3 - 破産法 第二百五十九条第一項第二号（保全処分に関する登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-259/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-259/par-1/item-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 - 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