The court issues an order that the matter is to be referred to a resolution at a creditors' meeting when a person stated in each item of Article 135, paragraph (1) has filed a petition stated in the main clause of Article 135, paragraph (1) for the purpose of referring a matter that requires a resolution at a creditors' meeting to a resolution.
The court must, in the order to refer a matter to a resolution stated in the preceding paragraph, determine any of the following means as the means for voting right holders to exercise their voting rights:
means of exercising a voting right on the date of a creditors' meeting;
債権者集会の期日において議決権を行使する方法
means of exercising a voting right by voting by document, etc. within a period specified by the court (meaning voting by document or any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court); or
書面等投票（書面その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法のうち裁判所の定めるものによる投票をいう。）により裁判所の定める期間内に議決権を行使する方法
means of exercising a voting right by either of the means stated in the preceding two items voting right holders select. In this case, the last day of the period referred to in the preceding item must precede the date of a creditors' meeting referred to in item (i).
When the court has determined the means stated in item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph as that for exercising a voting right, it must give a public notice to that effect, and give a notice to voting right holders that voting by document, etc. prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph is allowed only within a period specified by the court; provided, however, that the notice is not required to be given if an order referred to in Article 31, paragraph (5) is issued.
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(Convocation of Creditors' Meetings)
The court must convoke a creditors' meeting upon the petition of any of the persons stated in the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply when the court finds it inappropriate to…
裁判所は、次の各号に掲げる者のいずれかの申立てがあった場合には、債権者集会を招集しなければならない。ただし、知れている破産債権者の数その他の事情を考慮して債権者集会を招集することを相当でないと認めるときは、この限りでない。
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The court issues an order that the matter is to be referred to a resolution at a creditors' meeting when a person stated in each item of Article 135, paragraph (1) has filed a petition stated in the…
裁判所は、第百三十五条第一項各号に掲げる者が債権者集会の決議を要する事項を決議に付することを目的として同項本文の申立てをしたときは、当該事項を債権者集会の決議に付する旨の決定をする。
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means of exercising a voting right on the date of a creditors' meeting;
債権者集会の期日において議決権を行使する方法
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means of exercising a voting right by voting by document, etc. within a period specified by the court (meaning voting by document or any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court); or
書面等投票（書面その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法のうち裁判所の定めるものによる投票をいう。）により裁判所の定める期間内に議決権を行使する方法
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means of exercising a voting right by either of the means stated in the preceding two items voting right holders select.
前二号に掲げる方法のうち議決権者が選択するものにより議決権を行使する方法。この場合において、前号の期間の末日は、第一号の債権者集会の期日より前の日でなければならない。
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In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if there are 1,000 or more known bankruptcy creditors and it is found appropriate, the court may issue an order not to give a notice to bankruptcy creditors…
第一項の場合において、知れている破産債権者の数が千人以上であり、かつ、相当と認めるときは、裁判所は、次条第四項本文及び第五項本文において準用する同条第三項第一号、第三十三条第三項本文並びに第百三十九条第三項本文の規定による破産債権者（同項本文の場合にあっては、同項本文に規定する議決権者。次条第二項において同じ。）に対…
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「議決権者」
In Chapter IV, Section 4, Subsection 1 (creditors' meetings, Articles 135 to 143), a bankruptcy creditor (破産債権者) who may exercise voting rights at a creditors' meeting (債権者集会).
Short name set inArticle 138, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection