# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百九十一条 (Article 191)

- 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: 第百九十一条 (Article 191)（配当等の実施） — address `art-191`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191
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### 第百九十一条（配当等の実施） — (Implementation of Distributions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、前条第四項に規定する金銭の納付があった場合には、次項に規定する場合を除き、当該金銭の被申立担保権者に対する配当に係る配当表に基づいて、その配当を実施しなければならない。
  <sup>art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-1</sup>
  When payment of money prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article is made, the court must implement the distribution according to the distribution list for distribution of the money to each designated security interest holder, except in the case prescribed in the following paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  被申立担保権者が一人である場合又は被申立担保権者が二人以上であって前条第四項に規定する金銭で各被申立担保権者の有する担保権によって担保される債権を弁済することができる場合には、裁判所は、当該金銭の交付計算書を作成して、被申立担保権者に弁済金を交付し、剰余金を破産管財人に交付する。
  <sup>art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-2</sup>
  When there is only one designated security interest holder or when there are two or more designated security interest holders and the money prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article is sufficient for paying the claims secured by the security interests held by each designated security interest holder, the court prepares a statement of delivery of the money, and delivers the payment money to the designated security interest holders and delivers any surplus to the bankruptcy trustee.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  民事執行法第八十五条から第八十六条まで及び第八十八条から第九十二条までの規定は第一項の配当の手続について、同法第八十八条、第九十一条及び第九十二条の規定は前項の規定による弁済金の交付の手続について準用する。
  <sup>art-191/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Articles 85 through 86 and Articles 88 through 92 of the Civil Enforcement Act apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure for distribution referred to in paragraph (1), and the provisions of Article 88, Article 91, and Article 92 of that Act apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure for delivery of payment money pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-191/par-1: 前条第四項 → 破産法 第百九十条第四項 (Article 190, paragraph (4)), art-190/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-4
- art-191/par-1: 次項 → 破産法 第百九十一条第二項 (Article 191, paragraph (2)), art-191/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-2
- art-191/par-2: 前条第四項 → 破産法 第百九十条第四項 (Article 190, paragraph (4)), art-190/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-190/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-190/par-4
- art-191/par-3: 民事執行法第八十五条から第八十六条まで → 民事執行法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-85
- art-191/par-3: 民事執行法第八十五条から第八十六条まで → 民事執行法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-86
- art-191/par-3: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-88
- art-191/par-3: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-89
- art-191/par-3: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十条 (Article 90), art-90 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-90
- art-191/par-3: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91
- art-191/par-3: 第八十八条から第九十二条まで → 民事執行法 第九十二条 (Article 92), art-92 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-92 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92
- art-191/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百九十一条第一項 (Article 191, paragraph (1)), art-191/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-1
- art-191/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十一条第二項 (Article 191, paragraph (2)), art-191/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第百九十一条第一項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-1
- 破産法 第百九十一条第三項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-003, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
