# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十七条 (Article 127) - 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: 第百二十七条 (Article 127)（異議等のある破産債権に関する訴訟の受継） — address `art-127` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十七条（異議等のある破産債権に関する訴訟の受継） — (Taking Over of Actions Relating to Denied or Disputed Bankruptcy Claims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-127 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127 **第一項** 異議等のある破産債権に関し破産手続開始当時訴訟が係属する場合において、破産債権者がその額等の確定を求めようとするときは、異議者等の全員を当該訴訟の相手方として、訴訟手続の受継の申立てをしなければならない。 art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-1 If an action relating to a denied or disputed bankruptcy claim is pending at the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, when a bankruptcy creditor seeks the finalization of the amount, etc. of the claim, the creditor must file a petition for taking over the action, designating all of the denying or disputing parties as the opponents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百二十五条第二項の規定は、前項の申立てについて準用する。 art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-2 The provisions of Article 125, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the petition stated in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-127/par-2: 第百二十五条第二項 → 破産法 第百二十五条第二項 (Article 125, paragraph (2)), art-125/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-2 - art-127/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百二十五条第一項（破産債権査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-1 - 破産法 第百二十七条第二項（異議等のある破産債権に関する訴訟の受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-2 - 破産法 第百二十八条第一項（主張の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-128/par-1 - 破産法 第百三十三条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-133/par-3 - 破産法 第百三十三条第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-133/par-5 - 破産法 第百九十八条第一項（破産債権の除斥等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-198/par-1 - 破産法 第二百二条第一項第一号（配当額の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-202/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202/par-1/item-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