# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百八条 (Article 208) - 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: 第二百八条 (Article 208) — address `art-208` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208 - 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. --- ### 第二百八条 art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、第百九十五条第一項の規定により最後配当をすることができる場合において、破産管財人の申立てがあったときは、最後配当に代えてこの条の規定による配当（以下この章及び次章において「同意配当」という。）をすることを許可することができる。この場合において、破産管財人の申立ては、届出をした破産債権者の全員が、破産管財人が定めた配当表、配当額並びに配当の時期及び方法について同意している場合に限り、することができる。 art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 When a final distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 195, paragraph (1), upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee, the court clerk may permit distribution under the provisions of this Article (referred to below as a "consensual distribution" in this Chapter and the following Chapter) in lieu of a final distribution. In this case, a bankruptcy trustee may file a petition only when all of the holders of filed bankruptcy claims have consented to the distribution list, the amount of distribution, and the time and means of distribution determined by the bankruptcy trustee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による許可があった場合には、破産管財人は、同項後段の配当表、配当額並びに配当の時期及び方法に従い、同項後段の届出をした破産債権者に対して同意配当をすることができる。 art-208/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-2 When the permission under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is granted, a bankruptcy trustee may make a consensual distribution to the holders of filed bankruptcy claims referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph according to the distribution list, the amount of distribution, and the time and means of distribution stated in the second sentence of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 同意配当については、第百九十六条第一項及び第二項並びに第二百三条の規定を準用する。この場合において、第百九十六条第一項中「前条第二項の規定による許可があったときは、遅滞なく」とあるのは「あらかじめ」と、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「第二百八条第一項の規定による許可があった時に」と読み替えるものとする。 art-208/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-3 With regard to a consensual distribution, the provisions of Article 196, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 203 apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the phrase "when permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article is granted, without delay" in Article 196, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced "in advance", and the phrase "when a notice of the amount of distribution under the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (7) is given" in Article 203 is deemed to be replaced with "when permission under the provisions of Article 208, paragraph (1) is granted". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-208/par-1: 第百九十五条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十五条第一項 (Article 195, paragraph (1)), art-195/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195/par-1 - art-208/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第二百八条 (Article 208), art-208 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208 - art-208/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百八条第一項 (Article 208, paragraph (1)), art-208/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 - art-208/par-3: 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-208/par-3: 第二項 → 破産法 第百九十六条第二項 (Article 196, paragraph (2)), art-196/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-2 - art-208/par-3: 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 - art-208/par-3: 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-208/par-3: 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-208/par-3: 第二百八条第一項 → 破産法 第二百八条第一項 (Article 208, paragraph (1)), art-208/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百一条第一項（給料の請求権等の弁済の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-1 - 破産法 第二百八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 - 破産法 第二百八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-2 - 破産法 第二百八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-3 - 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