# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百三十一条 (Article 131) - 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: 第百三十一条 (Article 131)（破産債権の確定に関する訴訟の判決等の効力） — address `art-131` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-131 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-131 - 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. --- ### 第百三十一条（破産債権の確定に関する訴訟の判決等の効力） — (Effect of Judgment on Actions Concerning Finalization of Bankruptcy Claims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-131 **第一項** 破産債権の確定に関する訴訟についてした判決は、破産債権者の全員に対して、その効力を有する。 art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-131/par-1 A judgment made upon an action concerning the finalization of a bankruptcy claim is effective against all bankruptcy creditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産債権査定申立てについての決定に対する破産債権査定異議の訴えが、第百二十六条第一項に規定する期間内に提起されなかったとき、又は却下されたときは、当該決定は、破産債権者の全員に対して、確定判決と同一の効力を有する。 art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-131/par-2 If an action to oppose bankruptcy claim assessment against an order on a petition for bankruptcy claim assessment is not filed within the period prescribed in Article 126, paragraph (1) or is dismissed, the order has the same effect as the final and binding judgment against all bankruptcy creditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-131/par-2: 第百二十六条第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百三十四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-134/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-134/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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19