# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百五条 (Article 205) - 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: 第二百五条 (Article 205)（準用） — address `art-205` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-205 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-205 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五条（準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-205 **第一項** 簡易配当については、前節（第百九十五条、第百九十七条、第二百条第三項及び第四項並びに第二百一条第七項を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、第百九十六条第一項及び第三項中「前条第二項の規定による許可」とあるのは「第二百四条第一項の規定による許可」と、第百九十八条第一項中「前条第一項の規定による公告が効力を生じた日又は同条第三項」とあるのは「第二百四条第四項」と、「二週間以内に」とあるのは「一週間以内に」と、第二百一条第一項中「当該異議の申立てに係る手続が終了した後」とあるのは「当該異議の申立てについての決定があった後」と、同条第六項中「次項の規定による配当額の通知を発する前に」とあるのは「前条第一項に規定する期間内に」と、第二百二条第一号及び第二号中「前条第七項の規定による配当額の通知を発した時に」とあり、並びに第二百三条中「第二百一条第七項の規定による配当額の通知を発した時に」とあるのは「第二百条第一項に規定する期間を経過した時に」と読み替えるものとする。 art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-205/par-1 With regard to a simplified distribution, the provisions of the preceding Section (excluding Article 195, Article 197, Article 200, paragraphs (3) and (4), and Article 201, paragraph (7)) apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the phrase "permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 196, paragraphs (1) and (3) is deemed to be replaced with "permission under the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (1)"; in Article 198, paragraph (1), the phrase "the day on which the public notice made under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article becomes effective or the day on which the notification is made under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the notification is made under the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "within two weeks" is deemed to be replaced with "within one week"; the phrase "after the proceedings of the objection have been closed" in Article 201, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "after an order on the objection is made"; the phrase "before giving a notice of the amount of distribution under the provisions of the following paragraph" in Article 201, paragraph (6) is deemed to be replaced with "within the period prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article"; the phrase "when a notice of the amount of distribution is given under the provisions of paragraph (7) of the preceding Article" in Article 202, item (i) and item (ii) and the phrase "when a notice of the amount of distribution under the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (7) is given" in Article 203 are deemed to be replaced with "when the period prescribed in Article 200, paragraph (1) expires". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-205/par-1: 第百九十五条 → 破産法 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195 - art-205/par-1: 第百九十七条 → 破産法 第百九十七条 (Article 197), art-197 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197 - art-205/par-1: 第二百条第三項 → 破産法 第二百条第三項 (Article 200, paragraph (3)), art-200/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-200/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200/par-3 - art-205/par-1: 第四項 → 破産法 第二百条第四項 (Article 200, paragraph (4)), art-200/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-200/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200/par-4 - art-205/par-1: 第二百一条第七項 → 破産法 第二百一条第七項 (Article 201, paragraph (7)), art-201/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-7 - art-205/par-1: 第百九十六条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十六条第一項 (Article 196, paragraph (1)), art-196/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 第三項 → 破産法 第百九十六条第三項 (Article 196, paragraph (3)), art-196/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-3 - art-205/par-1: 前条第二項 → 破産法 第百九十五条第二項 (Article 195, paragraph (2)), art-195/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-195/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195/par-2 - art-205/par-1: 第二百四条第一項 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項 (Article 204, paragraph (1)), art-204/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 第百九十八条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十八条第一項 (Article 198, paragraph (1)), art-198/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-198/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 同条第三項 → 破産法 第百九十七条第三項 (Article 197, paragraph (3)), art-197/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-3 - art-205/par-1: 第二百四条第四項 → 破産法 第二百四条第四項 (Article 204, paragraph (4)), art-204/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-4 - art-205/par-1: 第二百一条第一項 → 破産法 第二百一条第一項 (Article 201, paragraph (1)), art-201/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 同条第六項 → 破産法 第二百一条第六項 (Article 201, paragraph (6)), art-201/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-6 - art-205/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第二百条第一項 (Article 200, paragraph (1)), art-200/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200/par-1 - art-205/par-1: 第二百二条第一号 → 破産法 第二百二条第一項第一号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-202/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-202/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202/par-1/item-1 - art-205/par-1: 第二号 → 破産法 第二百二条第一項第二号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-202/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-202/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202/par-1/item-2 - art-205/par-1: 第二百三条 → 破産法 第二百三条 (Article 203), art-203 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-203 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-203 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四条第二項（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-2 - 破産法 第二百十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-1 --- ## 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