# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百九十三条 (Article 193)

- 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: 第百九十三条 (Article 193)（配当の方法等） — address `art-193`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-193
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-193
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### 第百九十三条（配当の方法等） — (Means of Distribution)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-193</sup>

  **第一項**  破産債権者は、この章の定めるところに従い、破産財団から、配当を受けることができる。
  <sup>art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-193/par-1</sup>
  A bankruptcy creditor may receive a distribution from the bankruptcy estate as provided for by this Chapter.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  破産債権者は、破産管財人がその職務を行う場所において配当を受けなければならない。ただし、破産管財人と破産債権者との合意により別段の定めをすることを妨げない。
  <sup>art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-193/par-2</sup>
  A bankruptcy creditor must receive a distribution at the place where a bankruptcy trustee performs their duties; provided, however, that this does not preclude other provisions to be made by an agreement between a bankruptcy trustee and a bankruptcy creditor.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  破産管財人は、配当をしたときは、その配当をした金額を破産債権者表に記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-193/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-193/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-193/par-3</sup>
  When the bankruptcy trustee has made a distribution, the bankruptcy trustee must enter the amount distributed in the schedule of bankruptcy creditors.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</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
- 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