# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四条 (Article 204) - 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: 第二百四条 (Article 204)（簡易配当） — address `art-204` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204 - 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. --- ### 第二百四条（簡易配当） — (Simplified Distribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204 **第一項** 裁判所書記官は、第百九十五条第一項の規定により最後配当をすることができる場合において、次に掲げるときは、破産管財人の申立てにより、最後配当に代えてこの節の規定による配当（以下この章及び次章において「簡易配当」という。）をすることを許可することができる。 art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1 When a final distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 195, paragraph (1), in the following cases, upon the petition of a bankruptcy trustee, the court clerk may permit distribution under the provisions of this Section (referred to below as a "simplified distribution" in this Chapter and the following Chapter) in lieu of a final distribution: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 配当をすることができる金額が千万円に満たないと認められるとき。 art-204/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-1 when it is found that the amount available for distribution is less than ten million yen; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 裁判所が、第三十二条第一項の規定により同項第五号に掲げる事項を公告し、かつ、その旨を知れている破産債権者に対し同条第三項第一号の規定により通知した場合において、届出をした破産債権者が同条第一項第五号に規定する時までに異議を述べなかったとき。 art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-2 when the court has made a public notice of the particular stated in Article 32, paragraph (1), item (v) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article and given a notice to that effect to known bankruptcy creditors pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), item (i) of that Article, and no objection is made by any holder of a filed bankruptcy claim by the time prescribed in paragraph (1), item (v) of that Article; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、相当と認められるとき。 art-204/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-3 beyond what is listed in the preceding two items, when a simplified distribution is found appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定による許可があった場合には、次条において読み替えて準用する第百九十六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、届出をした破産債権者に対する配当見込額を定めて、簡易配当の手続に参加することができる債権の総額、簡易配当をすることができる金額及び当該配当見込額を届出をした破産債権者に通知しなければならない。 art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-2 When the permission under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is granted, without delay after submitting the distribution list to the court pursuant to the provisions of Article 196, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article following the deemed replacement of terms, a bankruptcy trustee must determine the estimated amount of distribution to be given to each holder of a filed bankruptcy claim, and give a notice to each holder of a filed bankruptcy claim of the total amount of claims that may enter into the procedure for a simplified distribution, the amount available for a simplified distribution, and the estimated amount of distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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-204/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-3 The notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have reached the addressee at the time when the notice should have normally arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二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-204/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-4 If the time at which the notice given under the provisions of paragraph (2) should have normally reached the holders of 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-204/par-1: 第百九十五条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十五条第一項 (Article 195, paragraph (1)), art-195/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195/par-1 - art-204/par-1/item-2: 第三十二条第一項 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1 - art-204/par-1/item-2: 同項第五号 → 破産法 第三十二条第一項第五号 (Article 32, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-32/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-5 - art-204/par-1/item-2: 同条第三項第一号 → 破産法 第三十二条第三項第一号 (Article 32, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-32/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-3/item-1 - art-204/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項第一号 (Article 204, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-204/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-1 - art-204/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項第二号 (Article 204, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-204/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-2 - art-204/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四条第一項 (Article 204, paragraph (1)), art-204/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1 - art-204/par-2: 次条 → 破産法 第二百五条 (Article 205), art-205 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-205 - art-204/par-2: 第百九十六条第一項 → 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-204/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四条第二項 (Article 204, paragraph (2)), art-204/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-2 - art-204/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第二百四条第二項 (Article 204, paragraph (2)), art-204/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第三十二条第一項第五号（破産手続開始の公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-32/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-32/par-1/item-5 - 破産法 第百一条第一項（給料の請求権等の弁済の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-101/par-1 - 破産法 第二百四条第一項第三号（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-1/item-3 - 破産法 第二百四条第二項（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-2 - 破産法 第二百四条第三項（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-3 - 破産法 第二百四条第四項（簡易配当） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-204/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-204/par-4 - 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 第二百六条第一項（簡易配当の許可の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-206/par-1 - 破産法 第二百七条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-207/par-1 --- ## 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