# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十条 (Article 120) - 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: 第百二十条 (Article 120)（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — address `art-120` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120 - 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. --- ### 第百二十条（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — (Prepayments of Expenses for Special Period for Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120 **第一項** 前条第一項本文又は第二項の場合には、裁判所書記官は、相当の期間を定め、同条第三項の破産債権を有する者に対し、同項の費用の予納を命じなければならない。 art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-1 In the case referred to in the main clause of paragraph (1), or in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the court clerk must decide a reasonable period for investigation and order the person that holds the bankruptcy claim stated in paragraph (3) of that Article to prepay the expenses stated in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による処分は、相当と認める方法で告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。 art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-2 The disposition made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective when a notice is given by a means that is considered to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による処分に対しては、その告知を受けた日から一週間の不変期間内に、異議の申立てをすることができる。 art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-3 An objection may be filed against a disposition made under the provisions of paragraph (1) within an inalterable period of one week from the day on which the notice is received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の異議の申立ては、執行停止の効力を有する。 art-120/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-4 The objection stated in the preceding paragraph has the effect of stay of enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の場合において、同項の破産債権を有する者が同項の費用の予納をしないときは、裁判所は、決定で、その者がした破産債権の届出又は届出事項の変更に係る届出を却下しなければならない。 art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-5 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the person that holds the bankruptcy claim stated in that paragraph does not prepay the expense stated in that paragraph, the court must dismiss without prejudice the person's filing of proofs of bankruptcy claims or filing of the change of any filed particular by an order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定による却下の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-120/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-6 An immediate appeal may be filed against the order of dismissal made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-120/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百十九条第一項 (Article 119, paragraph (1)), art-119/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-1 - art-120/par-1: 第二項 → 破産法 第百十九条第二項 (Article 119, paragraph (2)), art-119/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-2 - art-120/par-1: 同条第三項 → 破産法 第百十九条第三項 (Article 119, paragraph (3)), art-119/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-3 - art-120/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十条第一項 (Article 120, paragraph (1)), art-120/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-1 - art-120/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百二十条第一項 (Article 120, paragraph (1)), art-120/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-1 - art-120/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十条第三項 (Article 120, paragraph (3)), art-120/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-3 - art-120/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百二十条第一項 (Article 120, paragraph (1)), art-120/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-1 - art-120/par-6: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十条第五項 (Article 120, paragraph (5)), art-120/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百二十条第二項（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-2 - 破産法 第百二十条第三項（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-3 - 破産法 第百二十条第四項（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-4 - 破産法 第百二十条第五項（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-5 - 破産法 第百二十条第六項（特別調査期間に関する費用の予納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120/par-6 - 破産法 第百二十二条第二項（特別調査期日における調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/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