# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76) - 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（数人の破産管財人の職務執行） — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-76 - 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. --- ### 第七十六条（数人の破産管財人の職務執行） — (Performance of Duties by Two or More Bankruptcy Trustees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-76 **第一項** 破産管財人が数人あるときは、共同してその職務を行う。ただし、裁判所の許可を得て、それぞれ単独にその職務を行い、又は職務を分掌することができる。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-76/par-1 If there are two or more bankruptcy trustees, they perform their duties jointly; provided, however, that with permission of the court, they may perform their duties independently or divide the duties among them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人が数人あるときは、第三者の意思表示は、その一人に対してすれば足りる。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-76/par-2 If there are two or more bankruptcy trustees, it is sufficient that a manifestation of intention by a third party be made to any one of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第九十六条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-96/par-1 - 破産法 第二百五十七条第二項（法人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-257/par-2 - 破産法 第二百五十七条第五項（法人の破産手続に関する登記の嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-257/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-257/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