# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百十七条 (Article 117) - 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: 第百十七条 (Article 117)（認否書の作成及び提出） — address `art-117` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、債権届出期間の経過後に届出があり、又は届出事項の変更（他の破産債権者の利益を害すべき事項の変更に限る。以下この節において同じ。）があった破産債権についても、前項各号に掲げる事項（当該届出事項の変更があった場合にあっては、変更後の同項各号に掲げる事項。以下この節において同じ。）についての認否を同項の認否書に記載することができる。 art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee may state their approval or disapproval of the particulars listed in the items of the preceding paragraph (if there is a change to any filed particular, the particular stated in each item of that paragraph after the change; the same applies in this Section) in the statement of approval or disapproval stated in that paragraph also with regard to a bankruptcy claim which is filed or for which a change is made to any filed particular (limited to a change which is prejudicial to the interests of other bankruptcy creditors; the same applies in this Section) after the expiration of the period for filing notifications of claims. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産管財人は、一般調査期間前の裁判所の定める期限までに、前二項の規定により作成した認否書を裁判所に提出しなければならない。 art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-3 A bankruptcy trustee must submit a statement of approval or disapproval prepared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs by the time limit set by the court prior to an ordinary period for investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定により同項の認否書に認否を記載すべき事項であって前項の規定により提出された認否書に認否の記載がないものがあるときは、破産管財人において当該事項を認めたものとみなす。 art-117/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-4 With regard to any particular of which approval or disapproval should be stated in a statement of approval or disapproval stated in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, if neither approval nor disapproval is stated in the statement of approval or disapproval submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is deemed that a bankruptcy trustee has approved the particular. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項の規定により第一項各号に掲げる事項についての認否を認否書に記載することができる破産債権について、第三項の規定により提出された認否書に当該事項の一部についての認否の記載があるときは、破産管財人において当該事項のうち当該認否書に認否の記載のないものを認めたものとみなす。 art-117/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-5 With regard to a bankruptcy claim for which approval or disapproval of the particulars stated in the items of paragraph (1) may be stated in a statement of approval or disapproval pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), if the statement of approval or disapproval submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) states approval or disapproval of a part of the particulars, it is deemed that a bankruptcy trustee has approved the particulars of which neither approval nor disapproval is stated in the statement of approval or disapproval. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-117/par-1/item-4: 第百八条第二項 → 破産法 第百八条第二項 (Article 108, paragraph (2)), art-108/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-108/par-2 - art-117/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-1 - art-117/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-1 - art-117/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第百十七条第二項 (Article 117, paragraph (2)), art-117/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-2 - art-117/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-1 - art-117/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百十七条第三項 (Article 117, paragraph (3)), art-117/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-3 - art-117/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第百十七条第二項 (Article 117, paragraph (2)), art-117/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-2 - art-117/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-1 - art-117/par-5: 第三項 → 破産法 第百十七条第三項 (Article 117, paragraph (3)), art-117/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百十七条第二項（認否書の作成及び提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-2 - 破産法 第百十七条第三項（認否書の作成及び提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-3 - 破産法 第百十七条第四項（認否書の作成及び提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-4 - 破産法 第百十七条第五項（認否書の作成及び提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-5 - 破産法 第百十八条第一項（一般調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-1 - 破産法 第百十九条第一項（特別調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-1 - 破産法 第百十九条第四項（特別調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-4 - 破産法 第百十九条第五項（特別調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-5 - 破産法 第百二十一条第一項（一般調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-1 - 破産法 第百二十二条第一項（特別調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-1 - 破産法 第百二十四条第一項（異議等のない破産債権の確定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-124/par-1 --- ## 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