# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百十八条 (Article 118) - 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: 第百十八条 (Article 118)（一般調査期間における調査） — address `art-118` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118 - 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. --- ### 第百十八条（一般調査期間における調査） — (Investigations During Ordinary Periods for Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118 **第一項** 届出をした破産債権者は、一般調査期間内に、裁判所に対し、前条第一項又は第二項に規定する破産債権についての同条第一項各号に掲げる事項について、書面で、異議を述べることができる。 art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-1 A holder of a filed bankruptcy claim may make an objection in writing to the court within an ordinary period for investigation with regard to the particulars stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article concerning a bankruptcy claim prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産者は、一般調査期間内に、裁判所に対し、前項の破産債権の額について、書面で、異議を述べることができる。 art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-2 The bankrupt may make an objection in writing to the court within an ordinary period for investigation with regard to the amount of the bankruptcy claim referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、一般調査期間を変更する決定をしたときは、その裁判書を破産管財人、破産者及び届出をした破産債権者（債権届出期間の経過前にあっては、知れている破産債権者）に送達しなければならない。 art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-3 When the court has made an order to change the ordinary period for investigation, it must serve the written judgment upon the bankruptcy trustee, the bankrupt, and holders of filed bankruptcy claims (prior to the expiration of the period for filing proofs of claims, the known bankruptcy creditors). machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による送達は、書類を通常の取扱いによる郵便に付し、又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者の提供する同条第二項に規定する信書便の役務を利用して送付する方法によりすることができる。 art-118/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-4 The delivery under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be made by sending the necessary documents by ordinary mail or by correspondence delivery services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators that are provided by a general correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery service provider prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定による送達をした場合においては、その郵便物等が通常到達すべきであった時に、送達があったものとみなす。 art-118/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-5 If a service has been made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the service is deemed to have been made at the time when the postal item, etc. sent should have normally reached the addressee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-118/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-118/par-1: 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-118/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百十八条第一項 (Article 118, paragraph (1)), art-118/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-1 - art-118/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百十八条第三項 (Article 118, paragraph (3)), art-118/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-3 - art-118/par-4: 民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第二条第六項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — not held in this collection - art-118/par-4: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection - art-118/par-4: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-118/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第百十八条第四項 (Article 118, paragraph (4)), art-118/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-4 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第八十一条第一項（郵便物等の管理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-81/par-1 - 破産法 第百十六条第三項（破産債権の調査の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-3 - 破産法 第百十八条第二項（一般調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-2 - 破産法 第百十八条第四項（一般調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-4 - 破産法 第百十八条第五項（一般調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-5 - 破産法 第百十九条第六項（特別調査期間における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-6 - 破産法 第百二十一条第十一項（一般調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-11 - 破産法 第百二十二条第二項（特別調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-2 - 破産法 第百二十九条第四項（執行力ある債務名義のある債権等に対する異議の主張） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-4 - 破産法 第二百二十一条第二項（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-2 - 破産法 第二百六十四条第五項（責任制限手続の廃止の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-264/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-264/par-5 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19