# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百十六条 (Article 116) - 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: 第百十六条 (Article 116)（破産債権の調査の方法） — address `art-116` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十六条（破産債権の調査の方法） — (Method of Investigation of Bankruptcy Claims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116 **第一項** 裁判所による破産債権の調査は、次款の規定により、破産管財人が作成した認否書並びに破産債権者及び破産者の書面による異議に基づいてする。 art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-1 An investigation of bankruptcy claims by the court is conducted pursuant to the provisions of the following Subsection based on a statement of approval or disapproval prepared by a bankruptcy trustee as well as written objections made by bankruptcy creditors and by the bankrupt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、第三款の規定により、破産債権の調査を、そのための期日における破産管財人の認否並びに破産債権者及び破産者の異議に基づいてすることができる。 art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court may conduct an investigation of bankruptcy claims pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 3 based on approval or disapproval given by a bankruptcy trustee as well as objections made by bankruptcy creditors and by the bankrupt on the date of the investigation when the court finds it necessary to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、第百二十一条の規定による一般調査期日における破産債権の調査の後であっても、第百十九条の規定による特別調査期間における書面による破産債権の調査をすることができ、必要があると認めるときは、第百十八条の規定による一般調査期間における書面による破産債権の調査の後であっても、第百二十二条の規定による特別調査期日における破産債権の調査をすることができる。 art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-3 The court may conduct an investigation of bankruptcy claims in writing during the special period for investigation under the provisions of Article 119 even after conducting the investigation of bankruptcy claims on the ordinary date of investigation under the provisions of Article 121, and may conduct an investigation of bankruptcy claims on the special date of investigation under the provisions of Article 122 when the court finds it necessary to do so even after conducting the investigation of bankruptcy claims in writing during the ordinary period for investigation under the provisions of Article 118. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-116/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-1 - art-116/par-3: 第百二十一条 → 破産法 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121 - art-116/par-3: 第百十九条 → 破産法 第百十九条 (Article 119), art-119 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-119 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119 - art-116/par-3: 第百十八条 → 破産法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118 - art-116/par-3: 第百二十二条 → 破産法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第三十一条第一項第三号（破産手続開始の決定と同時に定めるべき事項等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-3 - 破産法 第百十六条第二項（破産債権の調査の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-2 --- ## 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