# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十二条 (Article 142)

- 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: 第百四十二条 (Article 142)（破産債権者の議決権） — address `art-142`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-142
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### 第百四十二条（破産債権者の議決権） — (Voting Rights of Bankruptcy Creditors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-142</sup>

    **第一項**  破産債権者は、劣後的破産債権及び約定劣後破産債権については、議決権を有しない。
    <sup>art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-142/par-1</sup>
    A bankruptcy creditor does not have the right to vote with regard to a subordinate bankruptcy claim or consensually-subordinated bankruptcy claim.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  第百一条第一項の規定により弁済を受けた破産債権者及び第百九条に規定する弁済を受けた破産債権者は、その弁済を受けた債権の額については、議決権を行使することができない。
    <sup>art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-142/par-2</sup>
    A bankruptcy creditor that has received payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 101, paragraph (1) and a bankruptcy creditor that has received payment prescribed in Article 109 may not exercise the right to vote with regard to the amount of the claim paid.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-142/par-2: 第百一条第一項 → 破産法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-1
- art-142/par-2: 第百九条 → 破産法 第百九条 (Article 109), art-109 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-109

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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