# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十条 (Article 140) - 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: 第百四十条 (Article 140)（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） — address `art-140` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140 - 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. --- ### 第百四十条（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） — (Means of Determining Amount of Voting Right When Creditors' Meetings Are Held on the Date Set) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140 **第一項** 裁判所が議決権行使の方法として前条第二項第一号又は第三号に掲げる方法を定めた場合においては、議決権者は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額に応じて、議決権を行使することができる。 art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1 When the court designates the means stated in paragraph (2), item (i) or (iii) of the preceding Article as that for exercising a voting right, voting right holders may exercise their voting rights in accordance with the amount of money specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前節第四款の規定によりその額が確定した破産債権を有する届出をした破産債権者（別除権者、準別除権者又は停止条件付債権若しくは将来の請求権である破産債権を有する者（次項及び次条第一項第一号において「別除権者等」という。）を除く。）　確定した破産債権の額 art-140/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-1 a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim that holds a bankruptcy claim, the amount of which is finalized pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 4 of the preceding Section (excluding a holder of a right of separate satisfaction, holder of a quasi-right of separate satisfaction, or person that holds a bankruptcy claim that is a claim subject to a condition precedent, or a claim which may arise in the future (referred to as a "holder of a right of separate satisfaction, etc." in the following paragraph and paragraph (1), item (i) of the following Article)):the amount of the bankruptcy claim finalized; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次項本文の異議のない議決権を有する届出をした破産債権者　届出の額（別除権者又は準別除権者にあっては、第百十一条第二項第二号（同条第三項又は第百十四条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる額） art-140/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-2 a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim that holds a voting right without objection referred to in the main clause of the following paragraph:the amount filed (in the case of a holder of a right of separate satisfaction or holder of a quasi-right of separate satisfaction, the amount stated in Article 111, paragraph (2), item (ii) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 111, paragraph (3) or Article 114)); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 次項本文の異議のある議決権を有する届出をした破産債権者　裁判所が定める額。ただし、裁判所が議決権を行使させない旨を定めたときは、議決権を行使することができない。 art-140/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-3 a holder of the filed bankruptcy claim with a voting right subject to objection referred to in the main clause of the following paragraph:the amount determined by the court; provided, however, that a holder of filed bankruptcy claim may not exercise their voting right if the court has decided not to allow them to exercise the voting right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 届出をした破産債権者の前項の規定による議決権については、破産管財人又は届出をした破産債権者は、債権者集会の期日において、異議を述べることができる。ただし、前節第四款の規定により破産債権の額が確定した届出をした破産債権者（別除権者等を除く。）の議決権については、この限りでない。 art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee or holder of a filed bankruptcy claim may make an objection on the date of a creditors' meeting against a voting right of a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim under the provisions of the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to a voting right held by a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim (excluding a holder of a right of separate satisfaction, etc.) who holds a bankruptcy claim the amount of which is finalized pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 4 of the preceding Section. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、いつでも第一項第三号の規定による定めを変更することができる。 art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-3 The court may change the decision made under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (iii) at any time upon the petition of an interested person or by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-140/par-1: 前条第二項第一号 → 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-140/par-1: 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-140/par-1/item-1: 次項 → 破産法 第百四十条第二項 (Article 140, paragraph (2)), art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-2 - art-140/par-1/item-1: 次条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第百四十一条第一項第一号 (Article 141, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-141/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1/item-1 - art-140/par-1/item-2: 次項 → 破産法 第百四十条第二項 (Article 140, paragraph (2)), art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-2 - art-140/par-1/item-2: 第百十一条第二項第二号 → 破産法 第百十一条第二項第二号 (Article 111, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-111/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-111/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-111/par-2/item-2 - art-140/par-1/item-2: 同条第三項 → 破産法 第百十一条第三項 (Article 111, paragraph (3)), art-111/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-111/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-111/par-3 - art-140/par-1/item-2: 第百十四条 → 破産法 第百十四条 (Article 114), art-114 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-114 - art-140/par-1/item-3: 次項 → 破産法 第百四十条第二項 (Article 140, paragraph (2)), art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-2 - art-140/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百四十条第一項 (Article 140, paragraph (1)), art-140/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1 - art-140/par-3: 第一項第三号 → 破産法 第百四十条第一項第三号 (Article 140, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-140/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-140/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百四十条第一項第一号（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/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-1 - 破産法 第百四十条第一項第二号（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/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-2 - 破産法 第百四十条第一項第三号（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/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-1/item-3 - 破産法 第百四十条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-2 - 破産法 第百四十条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-140/par-3 --- ## 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