# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百九十七条 (Article 197) - 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: 第百九十七条 (Article 197)（配当の公告等） — address `art-197` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百九十七条（配当の公告等） — (Public Notices of Distribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197 **第一項** 破産管財人は、前条第一項の規定により配当表を裁判所に提出した後、遅滞なく、最後配当の手続に参加することができる債権の総額及び最後配当をすることができる金額を公告し、又は届出をした破産債権者に通知しなければならない。 art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-1 Without delay after submitting a distribution list to the court pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a bankruptcy trustee must give a public notice of the total amount of the claims that may enter into the procedure for a final distribution and the amount available for a final distribution, or give a notice of those particulars to holders of the filed bankruptcy claims. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による通知は、その通知が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。 art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-2 The notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice should have normally arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による通知が届出をした各破産債権者に通常到達すべきであった時を経過したときは、破産管財人は、遅滞なく、その旨を裁判所に届け出なければならない。 art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-3 When the time at which the notice given under the provisions of paragraph (1) should have normally reached each holder of the filed bankruptcy claims has passed, a bankruptcy trustee must notify the court to that effect without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-197/par-1: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十六条第一項 (Article 196, paragraph (1)), art-196/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-1 - art-197/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-1 - art-197/par-3: 第一項 → 破産法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百九十七条第二項（配当の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-2 - 破産法 第百九十七条第三項（配当の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197/par-3 - 破産法 第百九十八条第一項（破産債権の除斥等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-198/par-1 - 破産法 第二百五条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-205/par-1 - 破産法 第二百九条第三項（中間配当） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/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