# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百七十六条 (Article 276) - 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: 第二百七十六条 (Article 276)（国外犯） — address `art-276` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-276 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-276 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十六条（国外犯） — (Crimes Committed Outside Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-276 **第一項** 第二百六十五条、第二百六十六条、第二百七十条、第二百七十二条及び第二百七十四条の罪は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第二条の例に従う。 art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-276/par-1 The crimes referred to in Article 265, Article 266, Article 270, Article 272, and Article 274 are governed by the provisions of Article 2 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二百六十七条及び第二百七十三条（第五項を除く。）の罪は、刑法第四条の例に従う。 art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-276/par-2 The crimes referred to in Article 267 and Article 273 (excluding paragraph (5)) are governed by the provisions of Article 4 of the Penal Code. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第二百七十三条第五項の罪は、日本国外において同項の罪を犯した者にも適用する。 art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-276/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-276/par-3 The crime stated in Article 273, paragraph (5) also applies to a person that has committed the crime referred to in that paragraph outside Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-276/par-1: 第二百六十五条 → 破産法 第二百六十五条 (Article 265), art-265 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-265 - art-276/par-1: 第二百六十六条 → 破産法 第二百六十六条 (Article 266), art-266 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-266 - art-276/par-1: 第二百七十条 → 破産法 第二百七十条 (Article 270), art-270 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-270 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-270 - art-276/par-1: 第二百七十二条 → 破産法 第二百七十二条 (Article 272), art-272 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-272 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-272 - art-276/par-1: 第二百七十四条 → 破産法 第二百七十四条 (Article 274), art-274 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-274 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-274 - art-276/par-1: 刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第二条 → 刑法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-2 - art-276/par-2: 第二百六十七条 → 破産法 第二百六十七条 (Article 267), art-267 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-267 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-267 - art-276/par-2: 第二百七十三条 → 破産法 第二百七十三条 (Article 273), art-273 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-273 - art-276/par-2: 第五項 → 破産法 第二百七十三条第五項 (Article 273, paragraph (5)), art-273/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-273/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-273/par-5 - art-276/par-2: 刑法第四条 → 刑法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-4 - art-276/par-3: 第二百七十三条第五項 → 破産法 第二百七十三条第五項 (Article 273, paragraph (5)), art-273/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-273/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-273/par-5 --- ## 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