# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百一条 (Article 101) - 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: 第百一条 (Article 101)（給料の請求権等の弁済の許可） — address `art-101` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百一条（給料の請求権等の弁済の許可） — (Permission for Payment of Claims for Salary) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101 **第一項** 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、第二百八条第一項に規定する同意配当又は第二百九条第一項に規定する中間配当の許可があるまでの間、破産管財人の申立てにより又は職権で、その全部又は一部の弁済をすることを許可することができる。ただし、その弁済により財団債権又は他の先順位若しくは同順位の優先的破産債権を有する者の利益を害するおそれがないときに限る。 art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項の破産債権者から同項の申立てをすべきことを求められたときは、直ちにその旨を裁判所に報告しなければならない。この場合において、その申立てをしないこととしたときは、遅滞なく、その事情を裁判所に報告しなければならない。 art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-2 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-101/par-1: 第百九十五条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十五条第一項 (Article 195, paragraph (1)), art-195/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195/par-1 - art-101/par-1: 第二百四条第一項 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項 (Article 204, paragraph (1)), art-204/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1 - art-101/par-1: 第二百八条第一項 → 破産法 第二百八条第一項 (Article 208, paragraph (1)), art-208/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 - art-101/par-1: 第二百九条第一項 → 破産法 第二百九条第一項 (Article 209, paragraph (1)), art-209/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-1 - art-101/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百一条第二項（給料の請求権等の弁済の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-2 - 破産法 第百四十二条第二項（破産債権者の議決権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-142/par-2 - 破産法 第二百一条第四項（配当額の定め及び通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-4 --- ## 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