# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十六条 (Article 246) - 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: 第二百四十六条 (Article 246)（外国管財人の権限等） — address `art-246` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十六条（外国管財人の権限等） — (Authority of Foreign Trustees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246 **第一項** 外国管財人は、債務者について破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-1 Foreign trustees may file a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings against a debtor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外国管財人は、前項の申立てをするときは、破産手続開始の原因となる事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-2 Foreign trustees must make a prima facie showing of the fact constituting the grounds for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings when filing the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 外国管財人は、破産者の破産手続において、債権者集会の期日に出席し、意見を述べることができる。 art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-3 A foreign trustee may attend a creditors' meeting on the date of the meeting and state their opinion in bankruptcy proceedings against the bankrupt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により外国管財人が破産手続開始の申立てをした場合において、包括的禁止命令又はこれを変更し、若しくは取り消す旨の決定があったときはその主文を、破産手続開始の決定があったときは第三十二条第一項の規定により公告すべき事項を、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる事項に変更を生じたときはその旨を、破産手続開始の決定を取り消す決定が確定したときはその主文を、それぞれ外国管財人に通知しなければならない。 art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-4 If a foreign trustee has filed a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a notice must be given to the foreign trustee when a comprehensive stay order is issued or an order to change or reverse that order is issued, the main text of the respective order; when an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, the particulars for which a public notice should be given pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1); when there is a change to the particulars stated in Article 32, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii), a statement to that effect; when an order to reverse the order commencing bankruptcy proceedings becomes final and binding, the main text of the order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-246/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四十六条第一項 (Article 246, paragraph (1)), art-246/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-1 - art-246/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百四十六条第一項 (Article 246, paragraph (1)), art-246/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-1 - art-246/par-4: 第三十二条第一項 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1 - art-246/par-4: 同項第二号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第二号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-2 - art-246/par-4: 第三号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第三号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-32/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四十六条第二項（外国管財人の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-2 - 破産法 第二百四十六条第四項（外国管財人の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-246/par-4 --- ## 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