# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第八十六条 (Article 86)

- 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: 第八十六条 (Article 86)（破産管財人の情報提供努力義務） — address `art-86`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-86
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-86
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### 第八十六条（破産管財人の情報提供努力義務） — (Bankruptcy Trustee's Duty to Strive to Provide Information)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-86</sup>

    **第一項**  破産管財人は、破産債権である給料の請求権又は退職手当の請求権を有する者に対し、破産手続に参加するのに必要な情報を提供するよう努めなければならない。
    <sup>art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-86/par-1</sup>
    A bankruptcy trustee must strive to provide a person that has a claim for salary or claim for retirement allowance, both of which are bankruptcy claims, with information necessary for their participation in the bankruptcy proceedings.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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