# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百三十九条 (Article 139) - 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: 第百三十九条 (Article 139)（決議に付する旨の決定） — address `art-139` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139 - 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. --- ### 第百三十九条（決議に付する旨の決定） — (Orders to Refer to Resolution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139 **第一項** 裁判所は、第百三十五条第一項各号に掲げる者が債権者集会の決議を要する事項を決議に付することを目的として同項本文の申立てをしたときは、当該事項を債権者集会の決議に付する旨の決定をする。 art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-1 The court issues an order that the matter is to be referred to a resolution at a creditors' meeting when a person stated in each item of Article 135, paragraph (1) has filed a petition stated in the main clause of Article 135, paragraph (1) for the purpose of referring a matter that requires a resolution at a creditors' meeting to a resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決議に付する旨の決定において、議決権者の議決権行使の方法として、次に掲げる方法のいずれかを定めなければならない。 art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2 The court must, in the order to refer a matter to a resolution stated in the preceding paragraph, determine any of the following means as the means for voting right holders to exercise their voting rights: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債権者集会の期日において議決権を行使する方法 art-139/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-1 means of exercising a voting right on the date of a creditors' meeting; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 書面等投票（書面その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法のうち裁判所の定めるものによる投票をいう。）により裁判所の定める期間内に議決権を行使する方法 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 means of exercising a voting right by voting by document, etc. within a period specified by the court (meaning voting by document or any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる方法のうち議決権者が選択するものにより議決権を行使する方法。この場合において、前号の期間の末日は、第一号の債権者集会の期日より前の日でなければならない。 art-139/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-3 means of exercising a voting right by either of the means stated in the preceding two items voting right holders select. In this case, the last day of the period referred to in the preceding item must precede the date of a creditors' meeting referred to in item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、議決権行使の方法として前項第二号又は第三号に掲げる方法を定めたときは、その旨を公告し、かつ、議決権者に対して、同項第二号に規定する書面等投票は裁判所の定める期間内に限りすることができる旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、第三十一条第五項の決定があったときは、当該通知をすることを要しない。 art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-3 When the court has determined the means stated in item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph as that for exercising a voting right, it must give a public notice to that effect, and give a notice to voting right holders that voting by document, etc. prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph is allowed only within a period specified by the court; provided, however, that the notice is not required to be given if an order referred to in Article 31, paragraph (5) is issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-139/par-1: 第百三十五条第一項 → 破産法 第百三十五条第一項 (Article 135, paragraph (1)), art-135/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-135/par-1 - art-139/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-1 - art-139/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 破産法 第百三十九条第二項第一号 (Article 139, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-139/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-1 - art-139/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 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 - art-139/par-3: 前項第二号 → 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 - art-139/par-3: 第三号 → 破産法 第百三十九条第二項第三号 (Article 139, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-139/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-3 - art-139/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第三十一条第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-31/par-5 - 破産法 第三十二条第二項（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-2 - 破産法 第百三十八条第一項（債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-138/par-1 - 破産法 第百三十九条第二項（決議に付する旨の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2 - 破産法 第百三十九条第二項第三号（決議に付する旨の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-2/item-3 - 破産法 第百三十九条第三項（決議に付する旨の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-139/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-139/par-3 - 破産法 第百四十条第一項（債権者集会の期日を開く場合における議決権の額の定め方等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1 - 破産法 第百四十一条第一項（債権者集会の期日を開かない場合における議決権の額の定め方等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1 - 破産法 第二百七十三条第五項（収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-273/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-273/par-5 --- ## 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