# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十八条 (Article 178) - 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: 第百七十八条 (Article 178)（役員の責任の査定の申立て等） — address `art-178` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百七十八条（役員の責任の査定の申立て等） — (Petitions for Assessment of Officers' Liabilities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178 **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、決定で、役員の責任に基づく損害賠償請求権の査定の裁判（以下この節において「役員責任査定決定」という。）をすることができる。 art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-1 When an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against a debtor that is a corporation, the court may reach an assessment decision on the rights to seek damages pursuant to the liability of the officers (referred to below as "officers' liability assessment order" in this Section) upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee or by its own authority by an order when it finds it necessary to do so,. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てをするときは、その原因となる事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-178/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-2 When filing the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the petitioner must make a prima facie showing of the fact constituting the grounds for the liability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、職権で役員責任査定決定の手続を開始する場合には、その旨の決定をしなければならない。 art-178/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-3 When the court commences proceedings for officers' liability assessment order by its own authority, it must issue an order to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立て又は前項の決定があったときは、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求があったものとみなす。 art-178/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-4 When the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is filed or the order referred to in the preceding paragraph is issued, for the purpose of postponement of expiry of prescription and renewal of prescription, it is deemed that demand by litigation has been made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 役員責任査定決定の手続（役員責任査定決定があった後のものを除く。）は、破産手続が終了したときは、終了する。 art-178/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-5 The proceedings for officers' liability assessment order is closed upon the closing of bankruptcy proceedings (excluding cases in which an officers' liability assessment order has been already issued at the time of the closing of bankruptcy proceedings). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-178/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十八条第一項 (Article 178, paragraph (1)), art-178/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-1 - art-178/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百七十八条第一項 (Article 178, paragraph (1)), art-178/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-1 - art-178/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十八条第三項 (Article 178, paragraph (3)), art-178/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-3 ## Cited by 5 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 第百七十八条第二項（役員の責任の査定の申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-2 - 破産法 第百七十八条第四項（役員の責任の査定の申立て等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-178/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-178/par-4 - 破産法 第百七十九条第一項（役員責任査定決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-179/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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