# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百三十六条 (Article 136) - 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: 第百三十六条 (Article 136)（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — address `art-136` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136 - 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. --- ### 第百三十六条（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — (Summon on Dates of Creditors' Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136 **第一項** 債権者集会の期日には、破産管財人、破産者及び届出をした破産債権者を呼び出さなければならない。ただし、第三十一条第五項の決定があったときは、届出をした破産債権者を呼び出すことを要しない。 art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-1 On the date of a creditors' meeting, a bankruptcy trustee, the bankrupt, and holders of filed bankruptcy claims must be summoned; provided, however, that when the order stated in Article 31, paragraph (5) is issued, holders of filed bankruptcy claims are not required to be summoned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項本文の規定にかかわらず、届出をした破産債権者であって議決権を行使することができないものは、呼び出さないことができる。財産状況報告集会においては、第三十二条第三項の規定により通知を受けた者も、同様とする。 art-136/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph, it is allowed not to summon holders of filed bankruptcy claims that may not exercise their voting rights. In the case of a meeting for reporting the status of property, the same applies to persons that are given a notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、第三十二条第一項第三号及び第三項の規定により財産状況報告集会の期日の公告及び通知をするほか、各債権者集会（財産状況報告集会を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の期日及び会議の目的である事項を公告し、かつ、各債権者集会の期日を労働組合等に通知しなければならない。 art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3 The court must give a public notice and give a notice of the date of a meeting for reporting the status of property pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (3), and must also give a public notice of the date of each creditors' meeting (excluding a meeting for reporting the status of property; the same applies below in this paragraph) and the subject matter of the meeting, and give a notice of the date of each creditors' meeting to the labor union, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者集会の期日においてその延期又は続行について言渡しがあったときは、第一項本文及び前項の規定は、適用しない。 art-136/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-4 If it is rendered on the date of a creditors' meeting that the meeting is to be postponed or continued, the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-136/par-1: 第三十一条第五項 → 破産法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5 - art-136/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百三十六条第一項 (Article 136, paragraph (1)), art-136/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-1 - art-136/par-2: 第三十二条第三項 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3 - art-136/par-3: 第三十二条第一項第三号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第三号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-32/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-3 - art-136/par-3: 第三項 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3 - art-136/par-3: この項 → 破産法 第百三十六条第三項 (Article 136, paragraph (3)), art-136/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3 - art-136/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百三十六条第一項 (Article 136, paragraph (1)), art-136/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-1 - art-136/par-4: 前項 → 破産法 第百三十六条第三項 (Article 136, paragraph (3)), art-136/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第三十一条第一項第二号（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-1/item-2 - 破産法 第三十二条第三項第四号（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-4 - 破産法 第百三十六条第二項（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-2 - 破産法 第百三十六条第三項（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/par-3 - 破産法 第百三十六条第四項（債権者集会の期日の呼出し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-136/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136/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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19