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Article 251Statements of Opinions on Discharge

第二百五十一条(免責についての意見申述)

When a petition to grant discharge is filed, the court must specify a period, on or after the time when an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings was made, during which a bankruptcy trustee and bankruptcy creditors (excluding those who hold claims stated in the items of Article 253, paragraph (1); the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (3) of the following Article, and Article 254) may state their opinions to the court with regard to whether or not it is appropriate to issue an order to grant discharge to the bankrupt.

裁判所は、免責許可の申立てがあったときは、破産手続開始の決定があった時以後、破産者につき免責許可の決定をすることの当否について、破産管財人及び破産債権者(第二百五十三条第一項各号に掲げる請求権を有する者を除く。次項、次条第三項及び第二百五十四条において同じ。)が裁判所に対し意見を述べることができる期間を定めなければならない。

When the court has made an order to specify the period referred to in the preceding paragraph, it must give a public notice of the period and give a notice of the period to a bankruptcy trustee and known bankruptcy creditors.

裁判所は、前項の期間を定める決定をしたときは、その期間を公告し、かつ、破産管財人及び知れている破産債権者にその期間を通知しなければならない。

The period referred to in paragraph (1) must be at least one month from the day on which the public notice made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective.

第一項の期間は、前項の規定による公告が効力を生じた日から起算して一月以上でなければならない。

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