# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百七十七条 (Article 277) - 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: 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)（両罰規定） — address `art-277` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-277 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-277 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十七条（両罰規定） — (Dual Criminal Liability Provision) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-277 **第一項** 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関し、第二百六十五条、第二百六十六条、第二百六十八条（第一項を除く。）、第二百六十九条から第二百七十二条まで、第二百七十四条又は第二百七十五条の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。 art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-277/par-1 When a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee, or any other worker of a corporation or individual has committed a violation of Article 265, Article 266, Article 268 (excluding paragraph (1)), Articles 269 through 272, Article 274 or 275 in connection with the business or property of the corporation or individual, not only is the offender punishable but also the offender's corporation or individual is punishable by a fine prescribed in the respective Articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-277/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-277/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-277/par-1: 第二百六十八条 → 破産法 第二百六十八条 (Article 268), art-268 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268 - art-277/par-1: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-1 - art-277/par-1: 第二百六十九条から第二百七十二条まで → 破産法 第二百六十九条 (Article 269), art-269 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-269 - art-277/par-1: 第二百六十九条から第二百七十二条まで → 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-277/par-1: 第二百六十九条から第二百七十二条まで → 破産法 第二百七十一条 (Article 271), art-271 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-271 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-271 - art-277/par-1: 第二百六十九条から第二百七十二条まで → 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-277/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-277/par-1: 第二百七十五条 → 破産法 第二百七十五条 (Article 275), art-275 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-275 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-275 --- ## 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