# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百二十五条 (Article 125) - 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125)（破産債権査定決定） — address `art-125` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125 - 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. --- ### 第百二十五条（破産債権査定決定） — (Orders for Bankruptcy Claim Assessment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125 **第一項** 破産債権の調査において、破産債権の額又は優先的破産債権、劣後的破産債権若しくは約定劣後破産債権であるかどうかの別（以下この条及び第百二十七条第一項において「額等」という。）について破産管財人が認めず、又は届出をした破産債権者が異議を述べた場合には、当該破産債権（以下「異議等のある破産債権」という。）を有する破産債権者は、その額等の確定のために、当該破産管財人及び当該異議を述べた届出をした破産債権者（以下この款において「異議者等」という。）の全員を相手方として、裁判所に、その額等についての査定の申立て（以下「破産債権査定申立て」という。）をすることができる。ただし、第百二十七条第一項並びに第百二十九条第一項及び第二項の場合は、この限りでない。 art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-1 In an investigation of bankruptcy claims, if a bankruptcy trustee has disapproved the amount of a bankruptcy claim or whether the type of the claim is a preferred bankruptcy claim, subordinate bankruptcy claim, or consensually-subordinated bankruptcy claim (referred to below as the "amount, etc." in this Article and Article 127, paragraph (1)), or an objection has been made by any holder of a filed bankruptcy claim with regard to these matters, the holder of a filed bankruptcy claim that holds the bankruptcy claim in question (referred to below as the "denied or disputed bankruptcy claim") may file a petition to the court against the bankruptcy trustee as well as the holders of filed bankruptcy claim that made the objection (referred to below as the "denying or disputing party" in this Subsection) for assessment of the amount, etc. of the claim (referred to below as a "petition for bankruptcy claim assessment") in order to finalize the amount and type of the claim; provided, however, that this does not apply in the case referred to in Article 127, paragraph (1) and Article 129, paragraphs (1) and (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産債権査定申立ては、異議等のある破産債権に係る一般調査期間若しくは特別調査期間の末日又は一般調査期日若しくは特別調査期日から一月の不変期間内にしなければならない。 art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-2 A petition for bankruptcy claim assessment must be filed within an inalterable period of one month from the last day of the ordinary period for investigation or special period for investigation for the denied or disputed bankruptcy claim or from the ordinary date of investigation or special date of investigation for the claim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 破産債権査定申立てがあった場合には、裁判所は、これを不適法として却下する場合を除き、決定で、異議等のある破産債権の存否及び額等を査定する裁判（次項において「破産債権査定決定」という。）をしなければならない。 art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-3 When a petition for bankruptcy claim assessment is filed, the court must make a judicial decision to assess the existence or nonexistence of the denied or disputed bankruptcy claim and its amount, etc. by an order (referred to below as a "bankruptcy claim assessment order" in the following paragraph) except when the court dismisses the petition as unlawful without prejudice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、破産債権査定決定をする場合には、異議者等を審尋しなければならない。 art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-4 The court must interrogate the denying or disputing party when making a bankruptcy claim assessment order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 破産債権査定申立てについての決定があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-125/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-5 If an order is made on a petition for bankruptcy claim assessment, the written judgment must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-125/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第百二十五条 (Article 125), art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125 - art-125/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項 → 破産法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-1 - art-125/par-1: 第百二十九条第一項 → 破産法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-1 - art-125/par-1: 第二項 → 破産法 第百二十九条第二項 (Article 129, paragraph (2)), art-129/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-2 - art-125/par-3: 次項 → 破産法 第百二十五条第四項 (Article 125, paragraph (4)), art-125/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-4 - art-125/par-5: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百二十五条第一項（破産債権査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-1 - 破産法 第百二十五条第三項（破産債権査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-125/par-3 - 破産法 第百二十七条第二項（異議等のある破産債権に関する訴訟の受継） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-127/par-2 - 破産法 第百二十九条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-129/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19