# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十七条 (Article 247) - 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: 第二百四十七条 (Article 247)（相互の手続参加） — address `art-247` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十七条（相互の手続参加） — (Mutual Participation in Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-247 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247 **第一項** 外国管財人は、届出をしていない破産債権者であって、破産者についての外国倒産処理手続に参加しているものを代理して、破産者の破産手続に参加することができる。ただし、当該外国の法令によりその権限を有する場合に限る。 art-247/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247/par-1 A foreign trustee may represent a bankruptcy creditor that has not filed a notification of claim but has participated in foreign insolvency proceedings against the bankrupt, and participate in bankruptcy proceedings against the bankrupt; however, this is limited to when the foreign trustee has the authority to do so pursuant to laws and regulations of the relevant foreign state. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、届出をした破産債権者であって、破産者についての外国倒産処理手続に参加していないものを代理して、当該外国倒産処理手続に参加することができる。 art-247/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee may represent a holder of filed bankruptcy claim that is not participating in foreign insolvency proceedings, and participate in the foreign insolvency proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定による参加をした場合には、同項の規定により代理した破産債権者のために、外国倒産処理手続に属する一切の行為をすることができる。ただし、届出の取下げ、和解その他の破産債権者の権利を害するおそれがある行為をするには、当該破産債権者の授権がなければならない。 art-247/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247/par-3 A bankruptcy trustee may perform any act involved in the foreign insolvency proceedings in the interest of the bankruptcy creditor that they represented pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph when they have participated in foreign insolvency proceedings under the provisions of the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that delegation of authority from the bankruptcy creditor is required in order to withdraw a notification of a claim filed, seek a settlement, or perform any other act that is likely to jeopardize the rights of bankruptcy creditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-247/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四十七条第二項 (Article 247, paragraph (2)), art-247/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四十七条第三項（相互の手続参加） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-247/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-247/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