# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百七条 (Article 207)

- 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: 第二百七条 (Article 207)（適用除外） — address `art-207`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-207
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-207
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第二百七条（適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-207</sup>

  **第一項**  第二百四条第一項の規定による簡易配当の許可は、第二百九条第一項に規定する中間配当をした場合は、することができない。
  <sup>art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-207/par-1</sup>
  Permission for a simplified distribution under the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (1) may not be granted if an interim distribution prescribed in Article 209, paragraph (1) has been made.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-207/par-1: 第二百四条第一項 → 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-207/par-1: 第二百九条第一項 → 破産法 第二百九条第一項 (Article 209, paragraph (1)), art-209/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-1

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## 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