# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百三十二条 (Article 132)

- 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: 第百三十二条 (Article 132)（訴訟費用の償還） — address `art-132`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-132
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-132
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### 第百三十二条（訴訟費用の償還） — (Reimbursement of Court Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-132 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-132 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-132</sup>

    **第一項**  破産財団が破産債権の確定に関する訴訟（破産債権査定申立てについての決定を含む。）によって利益を受けたときは、異議を主張した破産債権者は、その利益の限度において財団債権者として訴訟費用の償還を請求することができる。
    <sup>art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-132/par-1</sup>
    When the bankruptcy estate has been enriched from an action concerning the finalization of a bankruptcy claim (including an order on a petition for bankruptcy claim assessment), the bankruptcy creditor that asserted an objection, as a holder of the claim on the estate, may claim a reimbursement of the court costs to the extent that the bankruptcy estate has been enriched.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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