If a bankruptcy creditor that filed a notification of claim for salary or a claim for a retirement allowance, both of which are preferred bankruptcy claims, is likely to have difficulty in maintaining their standard of living unless they receive payment of these bankruptcy claims, the court may permit payment of the claim in whole or in part, before permission is granted for the first time for the final distribution prescribed in Article 195, paragraph (1), simplified distribution prescribed in Article 204, paragraph (1), consensual distribution prescribed in Article 208, paragraph (1), or interim distribution prescribed in Article 209, paragraph (1), upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee or by its own authority; provided, however, that this applies only if the payment is not likely to harm the interest of a person that holds a claim on the estate or any other preferred bankruptcy claim with the same or higher level of priority.
When a bankruptcy trustee is requested by a bankruptcy creditor stated in the preceding paragraph to file the petition stated in that paragraph, the bankruptcy trustee must report that fact to the court immediately. In this case, if the bankruptcy trustee has decided not to file the petition, the trustee must report the circumstances for that to the court without delay.
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(Permission for Payment of Claims for Salary)
If a bankruptcy creditor that filed a notification of claim for salary or a claim for a retirement allowance, both of which are preferred bankruptcy claims…
優先的破産債権である給料の請求権又は退職手当の請求権について届出をした破産債権者が、これらの破産債権の弁済を受けなければその生活の維持を図るのに困難を生ずるおそれがあるときは、裁判所は、最初に第百九十五条第一項に規定する最後配当、第二百四条第一項に規定する簡易配当…
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After the ordinary period for investigation has expired or the ordinary date of investigation has ended and after realization has been completed for property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate…
破産管財人は、一般調査期間の経過後又は一般調査期日の終了後であって破産財団に属する財産の換価の終了後においては、第二百十七条第一項に規定する場合を除き、遅滞なく、届出をした破産債権者に対し、この節の規定による配当（以下この章及び次章において「最後配当」という。）をしなければならない。
Open this provision(Simplified Distribution)
When a final distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 195, paragraph (1), in the following cases, upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee…
裁判所書記官は、第百九十五条第一項の規定により最後配当をすることができる場合において、次に掲げるときは、破産管財人の申立てにより、最後配当に代えてこの節の規定による配当（以下この章及び次章において「簡易配当」という。）をすることを許可することができる。
Open this provisionWhen a final distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 195, paragraph (1), upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee, the court clerk may permit distribution under the provisions…
裁判所書記官は、第百九十五条第一項の規定により最後配当をすることができる場合において、破産管財人の申立てがあったときは、最後配当に代えてこの条の規定による配当（以下この章及び次章において「同意配当」という。）をすることを許可することができる。
Open this provision(Interim Distributions)
After the ordinary period for investigation has expired or the ordinary date of investigation has ended and before realization is completed for the property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate…
破産管財人は、一般調査期間の経過後又は一般調査期日の終了後であって破産財団に属する財産の換価の終了前において、配当をするのに適当な破産財団に属する金銭があると認めるときは、最後配当に先立って、届出をした破産債権者に対し、この節の規定による配当（以下この節において「中間配当」という。）をすることができる。
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「破産債権」
A claim on property against the bankrupt (破産者) arising from a cause that occurred before bankruptcy proceedings began, including the claims Article 97 lists, that is not a claim on the estate (財団債権).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)· applies throughout the law
bankruptcy creditor
「破産債権者」
A creditor who holds a bankruptcy claim (破産債権).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
claim on the estate
「財団債権」
A claim that can be paid out of the bankruptcy estate (破産財団) at any time, without going through the bankruptcy proceedings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
bankruptcy trustee
「破産管財人」
A person who has the right to administer and dispose of the property belonging to the bankruptcy estate (破産財団) in bankruptcy proceedings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (12)· applies throughout the law
holders of filed bankruptcy claims
「届出をした破産債権者」
A bankruptcy creditor (破産債権者) who has filed proof of a bankruptcy claim under Article 111, 112 or 114.
Short name set inArticle 31, paragraph (5)
preferred bankruptcy claim
「優先的破産債権」
A bankruptcy claim (破産債権) that has a general statutory lien (一般の先取特権) or other general priority over property of the bankruptcy estate (破産財団), other than a subordinate bankruptcy claim (劣後的破産債権) or a consensually-subordinated bankruptcy claim (約定劣後破産債権); it ranks ahead of the other bankruptcy claims.
Short name set inArticle 98, paragraph (1)
final distribution
「最後配当」
In Chapters VIII and IX, the distribution under Chapter VIII, Section 2 that a bankruptcy trustee (破産管財人) must make without delay to the bankruptcy creditors who have filed claims, once the ordinary period for investigation (一般調査期間) has passed or the ordinary date of investigation (一般調査期日) has ended and the property of the bankruptcy estate (破産財団) has all been realized, except where Article 217, paragraph (1) applies.
Short name set inArticle 195, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Chapter 9
simplified distribution
「簡易配当」
In Chapters VIII and IX, a distribution under Chapter VIII, Section 3 that the court clerk may permit, on the bankruptcy trustee's (破産管財人) petition, in place of a final distribution (最後配当), where the amount available for distribution appears to be less than 10 million yen, or in the other cases Article 204, paragraph (1) lists.
Short name set inArticle 204, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Chapter 9
consensual distribution
「同意配当」
In Chapters VIII and IX, a distribution the court clerk may permit, on the bankruptcy trustee's (破産管財人) petition, in place of a final distribution (最後配当), where all the bankruptcy creditors who have filed claims agree to the distribution list, the amounts, and the time and method of distribution the trustee has set.
Short name set inArticle 208, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Chapter 9
interim distribution
「中間配当」
In Chapter VIII, Section 5 (Articles 209 to 214), a distribution that a bankruptcy trustee (破産管財人) may make, with the court's permission and ahead of the final distribution (最後配当), to the bankruptcy creditors who have filed claims, after the ordinary period for investigation (一般調査期間) has passed or the ordinary date of investigation (一般調査期日) has ended and before the property of the bankruptcy estate (破産財団) has all been realized, where the trustee finds money in the estate suitable for distribution.
Short name set inArticle 209, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section