# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百三十八条 (Article 138)

- 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: 第百三十八条 (Article 138)（債権者集会の決議） — address `art-138`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-138
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### 第百三十八条（債権者集会の決議） — (Resolution at Creditors' Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-138</sup>

    **第一項**  債権者集会の決議を要する事項を可決するには、議決権を行使することができる破産債権者（以下この款において「議決権者」という。）で債権者集会の期日に出席し又は次条第二項第二号に規定する書面等投票をしたものの議決権の総額の二分の一を超える議決権を有する者の同意がなければならない。
    <sup>art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-138/par-1</sup>
    In order to adopt a matter that requires a resolution at a creditors' meeting, consent is required from persons whose voting rights account for more than half of the total amount of voting rights held by bankruptcy creditors that may exercise voting rights (referred to below as "voting right holders" in this Subsection) and attended a creditors' meeting on the date set or voted by document, etc. as prescribed in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the following Article.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-138/par-1: 次条第二項第二号 → 破産法 第百三十九条第二項第二号 (Article 139, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-139/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-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