# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（市場の相場がある商品の取引に係る契約） — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58
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### 第五十八条（市場の相場がある商品の取引に係る契約） — (Contracts for Transaction of Goods with Market Quotation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58</sup>

    **第一項**  取引所の相場その他の市場の相場がある商品の取引に係る契約であって、その取引の性質上特定の日時又は一定の期間内に履行をしなければ契約をした目的を達することができないものについて、その時期が破産手続開始後に到来すべきときは、当該契約は、解除されたものとみなす。
    <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-1</sup>
    With regard to a contract for a transaction of goods with a quotation on an exchange or any other market quotation the purpose of which cannot be achieved unless the transaction is performed on a specific date or within a specific period of time from the nature of the transaction, if the due date is to come after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, it is deemed that the contract has been cancelled.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の場合において、損害賠償の額は、履行地又はその地の相場の標準となるべき地における同種の取引であって同一の時期に履行すべきものの相場と当該契約における商品の価格との差額によって定める。
    <sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-2</sup>
    In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the amount of compensation for damages is determined by the difference between the quotation for the same kind of transaction to be performed at the same time at the place of performance or any other reference place for quotation, and the price of the goods under the contract.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  第五十四条第一項の規定は、前項の規定による損害の賠償について準用する。
    <sup>art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-3</sup>
    The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to compensation for damages under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  第一項又は第二項に定める事項について当該取引所又は市場における別段の定めがあるときは、その定めに従う。
    <sup>art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-4</sup>
    If there are any special provisions in the exchange or market in question with regard to the particulars specified in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), those provisions prevail.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第五項**  第一項の取引を継続して行うためにその当事者間で締結された基本契約において、その基本契約に基づいて行われるすべての同項の取引に係る契約につき生ずる第二項に規定する損害賠償の債権又は債務を差引計算して決済する旨の定めをしたときは、請求することができる損害賠償の額の算定については、その定めに従う。
    <sup>art-58/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-5</sup>
    If, under a basic contract concluded for performing transactions stated in paragraph (1) continuously by the parties to the transactions, there is an agreement to the effect that claims and liabilities of compensation for damages prescribed in paragraph (2) arising from all contracts for transactions prescribed in paragraph (1) enforced under the basic contract is settled on a net basis, such an agreement prevails with regard to the calculation of the claimable amount of damages.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-58/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-1
- art-58/par-3: 第五十四条第一項 → 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
- art-58/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-2
- art-58/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-1
- art-58/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-2
- art-58/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-1
- art-58/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 破産法 第五十八条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/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 第五十八条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-4
- 破産法 第五十八条第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-58/par-5
- 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

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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
