# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十二条 (Article 122)

- 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: 第百二十二条 (Article 122)（特別調査期日における調査） — address `art-122`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122
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### 第百二十二条（特別調査期日における調査） — (Investigation on Special Date of Investigation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、債権届出期間の経過後、一般調査期間の満了前又は一般調査期日の終了前に届出があり、又は届出事項の変更があった破産債権について、必要があると認めるときは、その調査をするための期日（以下「特別調査期日」という。）を定めることができる。ただし、当該破産債権について、破産管財人が第百十七条第三項の規定により提出された認否書に同条第一項各号に掲げる事項の全部若しくは一部についての認否を記載している場合又は一般調査期日において調査をすることについて破産管財人及び破産債権者の異議がない場合は、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-1</sup>
    The court may specify a date for conducting an investigation of the claim (referred to below as a "special date of investigation") when it finds it necessary to do so with regard to a bankruptcy claim which is filed or for which a change is made to any filed particular after the period for filing notifications of claims has expired but before the ordinary period for investigation expires or the ordinary date of investigation ends ,; provided, however, that this does not apply if a bankruptcy trustee states, in the statement of approval or disapproval submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 117, paragraph (3), their approval or disapproval of all or a part of the particulars stated in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article, or no objection is made by a bankruptcy trustee or bankruptcy creditors against conducting an investigation on the ordinary date of investigation with regard to the bankruptcy claim.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  第百十九条第二項及び第三項、同条第六項において準用する第百十八条第三項から第五項まで、第百二十条、第百二十一条（第七項及び第九項を除く。）並びに前条の規定は、前項本文の場合における特別調査期日について準用する。
    <sup>art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-2</sup>
    The provisions of Article 119, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 118, paragraphs (3) through (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 119, paragraph (6), Article 120, Article 121 (excluding paragraphs (7) and (9)), and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the special date of investigation in the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-122/par-1: 第百十七条第三項 → 破産法 第百十七条第三項 (Article 117, paragraph (3)), art-117/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-3
- art-122/par-1: 同条第一項 → 破産法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-117/par-1
- art-122/par-2: 第百十九条第二項 → 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-122/par-2: 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-122/par-2: 同条第六項 → 破産法 第百十九条第六項 (Article 119, paragraph (6)), art-119/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-119/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-119/par-6
- art-122/par-2: 第百十八条第三項から第五項まで → 破産法 第百十八条第三項 (Article 118, paragraph (3)), art-118/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-3
- art-122/par-2: 第百十八条第三項から第五項まで → 破産法 第百十八条第四項 (Article 118, paragraph (4)), art-118/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-4
- art-122/par-2: 第百十八条第三項から第五項まで → 破産法 第百十八条第五項 (Article 118, paragraph (5)), art-118/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-118/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-118/par-5
- art-122/par-2: 第百二十条 → 破産法 第百二十条 (Article 120), art-120 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-120
- art-122/par-2: 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-122/par-2: 第七項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第七項 (Article 121, paragraph (7)), art-121/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-7
- art-122/par-2: 第九項 → 破産法 第百二十一条第九項 (Article 121, paragraph (9)), art-121/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121/par-9
- art-122/par-2: 前条 → 破産法 第百二十一条の二 (Article 121-2), art-121-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-121-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-121-2
- art-122/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百二十二条第一項 (Article 122, paragraph (1)), art-122/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-122/par-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第百十六条第三項（破産債権の調査の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-116/par-3
- 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
- 破産法 第百二十九条第四項（執行力ある債務名義のある債権等に対する異議の主張） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-4
- 破産法 第二百二十一条第二項（破産手続廃止後又は破産手続終結後の破産債権者表の記載の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-221/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-221/par-2

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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
- This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
