# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百九条 (Article 209) - 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: 第二百九条 (Article 209)（中間配当） — address `art-209` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209 - 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. --- ### 第二百九条（中間配当） — (Interim Distributions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209 **第一項** 破産管財人は、一般調査期間の経過後又は一般調査期日の終了後であって破産財団に属する財産の換価の終了前において、配当をするのに適当な破産財団に属する金銭があると認めるときは、最後配当に先立って、届出をした破産債権者に対し、この節の規定による配当（以下この節において「中間配当」という。）をすることができる。 art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-1 After the ordinary period for investigation has expired or the ordinary date of investigation has ended and before realization is completed for the property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate, when a bankruptcy trustee finds that money suitable for distribution that belongs to the bankruptcy estate exists, the bankruptcy trustee may make a distribution under the provisions of this Section (referred to below as an "interim distribution" in this Section) to holders of filed bankruptcy claims prior to a final distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、中間配当をするには、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。 art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee must obtain permission of the court in order to make an interim distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 中間配当については、第百九十六条第一項及び第二項、第百九十七条、第百九十八条第一項、第百九十九条第一項第一号及び第二号、第二百条、第二百一条第四項並びに第二百三条の規定を準用する。この場合において、第百九十六条第一項中「前条第二項の規定による許可」とあるのは「第二百九条第二項の規定による許可」と、第百九十九条第一項各号及び第二百条第一項中「最後配当に関する除斥期間」とあるのは「第二百十条第一項に規定する中間配当に関する除斥期間」と、第二百三条中「第二百一条第七項の規定による配当額」とあるのは「第二百十一条の規定による配当率」と読み替えるものとする。 art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-3 With regard to an interim distribution, the provisions of Article 196, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 197, Article 198, paragraph (1), Article 199, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), Article 200, Article 201, paragraph (4), and Article 203 apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the phrase "permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 196, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "permission under the provisions of Article 209, paragraph (2)", the phrase "period of exclusion concerning a final distribution" in the items of Article 199, paragraph (1) and Article 200, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "period of exclusion concerning an interim distribution prescribed in Article 210, paragraph (1)", and the phrase "amount of distribution under the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (7)" in Article 203 is deemed to be replaced with "percentage of distribution under the provisions of Article 211". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-209/par-3: 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-209/par-3: 第二項 → 破産法 第百九十六条第二項 (Article 196, paragraph (2)), art-196/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-2 - art-209/par-3: 第百九十七条 → 破産法 第百九十七条 (Article 197), art-197 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-197 - art-209/par-3: 第百九十八条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十八条第一項 (Article 198, paragraph (1)), art-198/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-198/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 第百九十九条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第百九十九条第一項第一号 (Article 199, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-199/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-199/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-199/par-1/item-1 - art-209/par-3: 第二号 → 破産法 第百九十九条第一項第二号 (Article 199, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-199/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-199/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-199/par-1/item-2 - art-209/par-3: 第二百条 → 破産法 第二百条 (Article 200), art-200 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-200 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200 - art-209/par-3: 第二百一条第四項 → 破産法 第二百一条第四項 (Article 201, paragraph (4)), art-201/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-4 - art-209/par-3: 第二百三条 → 破産法 第二百三条 (Article 203), art-203 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-203 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-203 - art-209/par-3: 前条第二項 → 破産法 第百九十五条第二項 (Article 195, paragraph (2)), art-195/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-195/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-195/par-2 - art-209/par-3: 第二百九条第二項 → 破産法 第二百九条第二項 (Article 209, paragraph (2)), art-209/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-209/par-2 - art-209/par-3: 第百九十九条第一項 → 破産法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-199/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 第二百条第一項 → 破産法 第二百条第一項 (Article 200, paragraph (1)), art-200/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-200/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 第二百十条第一項 → 破産法 第二百十条第一項 (Article 210, paragraph (1)), art-210/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-210/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-210/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 第二百一条第七項 → 破産法 第二百一条第七項 (Article 201, paragraph (7)), art-201/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-7 - art-209/par-3: 第二百十一条 → 破産法 第二百十一条 (Article 211), art-211 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-211 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-211 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 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 - 破産法 第二百十条第一項（別除権者の除斥等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-210/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-210/par-1 - 破産法 第二百十一条第一項（配当率の定め及び通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-211/par-1 - 破産法 第二百十三条第一項（除斥された破産債権等の後の配当における取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-213/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-213/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