# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十六条 (Article 126) - 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: 第百二十六条 (Article 126)（破産債権査定申立てについての決定に対する異議の訴え） — address `art-126` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126 - 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. --- ### 第百二十六条（破産債権査定申立てについての決定に対する異議の訴え） — (Actions Against Orders on Petition for Bankruptcy Claim Assessment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126 **第一項** 破産債権査定申立てについての決定に不服がある者は、その送達を受けた日から一月の不変期間内に、異議の訴え（以下「破産債権査定異議の訴え」という。）を提起することができる。 art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-1 A person that is dissatisfied with an order on a petition for bankruptcy claim assessment may file an action to oppose the order (referred to below as an "action to oppose a bankruptcy claim assessment") within an inalterable period of one month after the day on which the person received the service of the order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産債権査定異議の訴えは、破産裁判所が管轄する。 art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-2 An action to oppose a bankruptcy claim assessment is subject to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産債権査定異議の訴えが提起された第一審裁判所は、破産裁判所が破産事件を管轄することの根拠となる法令上の規定が第五条第八項又は第九項の規定のみである場合（破産裁判所が第七条第四号の規定により破産事件の移送を受けた場合において、移送を受けたことの根拠となる規定が同号ロ又はハの規定のみであるときを含む。）において、著しい損害又は遅滞を避けるため必要があると認めるときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、職権で、当該破産債権査定異議の訴えに係る訴訟を第五条第一項に規定する地方裁判所（同項に規定する地方裁判所がない場合にあっては、同条第二項に規定する地方裁判所）に移送することができる。 art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-3 The court of first instance with which an action to oppose a bankruptcy claim assessment is filed may transfer by its own authority the suit pertaining to the action to oppose the bankruptcy claim assessment to the district court prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) (or the district court prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (2) if there is no appropriate court that corresponds to the court prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1)) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph when it finds it necessary to do so in order to avoid substantial detriment or delay when the bankruptcy court's jurisdiction over the bankruptcy case is based on only the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (8) or (9) (including cases in which the bankruptcy court has accepted the bankruptcy case transferred to it pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, item (iv) and the acceptance of the transferred case is based on only the provisions of Article 7, item (iv), sub-item (b) or (c)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 破産債権査定異議の訴えは、これを提起する者が、異議等のある破産債権を有する破産債権者であるときは異議者等の全員を、当該異議者等であるときは当該破産債権者を、それぞれ被告としなければならない。 art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-4 In an action to oppose bankruptcy claim assessment, all of the denying or disputing parties must stand as defendants if the action is filed by the bankruptcy creditor that holds the denied or disputed bankruptcy claim, and the bankruptcy creditor must stand as a defendant if it is filed by a denying or disputing party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 破産債権査定異議の訴えの口頭弁論は、第一項の期間を経過した後でなければ開始することができない。 art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-5 Oral argument for an action to oppose bankruptcy claim assessment may not be commenced until the period stated in paragraph (1) has expired. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 同一の破産債権に関し破産債権査定異議の訴えが数個同時に係属するときは、弁論及び裁判は、併合してしなければならない。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項までの規定を準用する。 art-126/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-6 If two or more actions to oppose bankruptcy claim assessment are pending with respect to the same bankruptcy claim concurrently, oral arguments and judicial decisions of these actions must be made in a consolidated manner. In this case, the provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 破産債権査定異議の訴えについての判決においては、訴えを不適法として却下する場合を除き、破産債権査定申立てについての決定を認可し、又は変更する。 art-126/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-7 A judgment rendered with regard to an action to oppose a bankruptcy claim assessment approves or changes the order on the petition for bankruptcy claim assessment except when the action is dismissed as unlawful. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-126/par-3: 第五条第八項 → 破産法 第五条第八項 (Article 5, paragraph (8)), art-5/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-8 - art-126/par-3: 第九項 → 破産法 第五条第九項 (Article 5, paragraph (9)), art-5/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-9 - art-126/par-3: 第七条第四号 → 破産法 第七条第一項第四号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-7/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-7/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-7/par-1/item-4 - art-126/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十六条第二項 (Article 126, paragraph (2)), art-126/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-2 - art-126/par-3: 第五条第一項 → 破産法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 同条第二項 → 破産法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-2 - art-126/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-6: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-1 - art-126/par-6: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-2 - art-126/par-6: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百二十六条第三項（破産債権査定申立てについての決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-3 - 破産法 第百二十六条第五項（破産債権査定申立てについての決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-126/par-5 - 破産法 第百二十九条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-3 - 破産法 第百三十条第一項（破産債権の確定に関する訴訟の結果の記載） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-130/par-1 - 破産法 第百三十一条第二項（破産債権の確定に関する訴訟の判決等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-131/par-2 - 破産法 第百三十三条第二項（破産手続終了の場合における破産債権の確定手続の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-133/par-2 --- ## 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