# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36)

- 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（破産者の事業の継続） — address `art-36`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-36
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-36
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### 第三十六条（破産者の事業の継続） — (Continuation of Bankrupt's Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-36</sup>

    **第一項**  破産手続開始の決定がされた後であっても、破産管財人は、裁判所の許可を得て、破産者の事業を継続することができる。
    <sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-36/par-1</sup>
    Even after an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made, a bankruptcy trustee may continue the bankrupt's business with permission of the court.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第十二条第一項第一号（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-12/par-1/item-1
- 破産法 第百九十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-192/par-1

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## 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