# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百四十一条 (Article 141) - 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: 第百四十一条 (Article 141)（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） — address `art-141` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141 - 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. --- ### 第百四十一条（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） — (Means of Determining Amount of Voting Rights When Creditors' Meeting Is Not Held on the Meeting Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141 **第一項** 裁判所が議決権行使の方法として第百三十九条第二項第二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-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1 When the court determines the means stated in Article 139, paragraph (2), item (ii) as the means for exercising a voting right, a voting right holder may exercise their voting right in accordance with the amount 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破産債権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（別除権者等を除く。）　確定した破産債権の額 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 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, etc.):the confirmed amount of the bankruptcy claim; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 届出をした破産債権者（前号に掲げるものを除く。）　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-141/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1/item-2 a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim (excluding the one stated in the preceding item):the amount specified by the court; provided, however, that a holder of a filed bankruptcy claim may not exercise their voting right if the court has determined not to allow them to exercise the voting right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、いつでも前項第二号の規定による定めを変更することができる。 art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-2 The court may change the order under item (ii) of the preceding paragraph 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-141/par-1: 第百三十九条第二項第二号 → 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 - art-141/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 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-141/par-2: 前項第二号 → 破産法 第百四十一条第一項第二号 (Article 141, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-141/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-141/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 3 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 第百四十一条第一項第二号（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/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-1/item-2 - 破産法 第百四十一条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-141/par-2 --- ## 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