# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54) — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条 art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54 **第一項** 前条第一項又は第二項の規定により契約の解除があった場合には、相手方は、損害の賠償について破産債権者としてその権利を行使することができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54/par-1 If a contract is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, the counterparty may exercise their right to claim of compensation for damages as a bankruptcy creditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、相手方は、破産者の受けた反対給付が破産財団中に現存するときは、その返還を請求することができ、現存しないときは、その価額について財団債権者としてその権利を行使することができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the counter-performance received by the bankrupt still exists in the bankruptcy estate, the counterparty may request its return, and if it does not exist in the bankruptcy estate, they may exercise their right over its value as a holder of a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-1 - art-54/par-1: 第二項 → 破産法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-53/par-2 - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第五十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-54/par-2 - 破産法 第五十八条第三項（市場の相場がある商品の取引に係る契約） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-3 - 破産法 第九十七条第一項第八号（破産債権に含まれる請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-97/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-97/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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