# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百十五条 (Article 215) - 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215) — address `art-215` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215 - 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. --- ### 第二百十五条 art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215 **第一項** 第二百一条第七項の規定による配当額の通知を発した後（簡易配当にあっては第二百五条において準用する第二百条第一項に規定する期間を経過した後、同意配当にあっては第二百八条第一項の規定による許可があった後）、新たに配当に充てることができる相当の財産があることが確認されたときは、破産管財人は、裁判所の許可を得て、最後配当、簡易配当又は同意配当とは別に、届出をした破産債権者に対し、この条の規定による配当（以下この条において「追加配当」という。）をしなければならない。破産手続終結の決定があった後であっても、同様とする。 art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-1 After a notice of the amount of distribution pursuant to the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (7) is given (in the case of a simplified distribution, after the period prescribed in Article 200, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 205 expires, and in the case of a consensual distribution, after the permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 208, paragraph (1) is granted), if a considerable amount of property available for a new distribution is confirmed, a bankruptcy trustee must make a distribution under the provisions of this Article with permission of the court (referred to below as a "subsequent distribution" in this Article) to holders of filed bankruptcy claims, in addition to a final distribution, simplified distribution, or consensual distribution. The same applies after an order of termination of bankruptcy proceedings is issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 追加配当については、第二百一条第四項及び第五項、第二百二条並びに第二百三条の規定を準用する。この場合において、第二百一条第五項中「第一項の規定」とあるのは「第二百十五条第四項の規定」と、第二百二条第一号及び第二号中「前条第七項」とあり、並びに第二百三条中「第二百一条第七項」とあるのは「第二百十五条第五項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-2 With regard to a subsequent distribution, the provisions of Article 201, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 202, and Article 203 apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the term "provisions of paragraph (1)" in Article 201, paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "provisions of Article 215, paragraph (4)", and the term "paragraph (7) of the preceding Article" in Article 202, items (i) and (ii) and the term "Article 201, paragraph (7)" in Article 203 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 215, paragraph (5)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 追加配当は、最後配当、簡易配当又は同意配当について作成した配当表によってする。 art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-3 A subsequent distribution is made according to the distribution list prepared for a final distribution, simplified distribution, or consensual distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 破産管財人は、第一項の規定による許可があったときは、遅滞なく、追加配当の手続に参加することができる破産債権者に対する配当額を定めなければならない。 art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-4 When the permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is granted, a bankruptcy trustee must determine without delay the amount of distribution to each bankruptcy creditor that may participate in the procedure for a subsequent distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 破産管財人は、前項の規定により定めた配当額を、追加配当の手続に参加することができる破産債権者（第二項において読み替えて準用する第二百一条第五項の規定により追加配当を受けることができない破産債権者を除く。）に通知しなければならない。 art-215/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-5 A bankruptcy trustee must give notice of the amount of distribution determined pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to each bankruptcy creditor that may participate in the procedure for a subsequent distribution (excluding a bankruptcy creditor that may not receive a subsequent distribution pursuant to the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) following the deemed replacement of terms). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 追加配当をした場合には、破産管財人は、遅滞なく、裁判所に書面による計算の報告をしなければならない。 art-215/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-6 A bankruptcy trustee must make a report of accounts to the court in writing without delay after making a subsequent distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の場合において、破産管財人が欠けたときは、当該計算の報告は、同項の規定にかかわらず、後任の破産管財人がしなければならない。 art-215/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-7 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a bankruptcy trustee has become absent, the report of accounts stated in that paragraph must be made by a successor bankruptcy trustee, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-215/par-1: 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-215/par-1: 第二百五条 → 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-215/par-1: 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-215/par-1: 第二百八条第一項 → 破産法 第二百八条第一項 (Article 208, paragraph (1)), art-208/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-208/par-1 - art-215/par-1: この条 → 破産法 第二百十五条 (Article 215), art-215 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215 - art-215/par-2: 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-215/par-2: 第五項 → 破産法 第二百一条第五項 (Article 201, paragraph (5)), art-201/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-5 - art-215/par-2: 第二百二条 → 破産法 第二百二条 (Article 202), art-202 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-202 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202 - art-215/par-2: 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-215/par-2: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百一条第一項 (Article 201, paragraph (1)), art-201/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-1 - art-215/par-2: 第二百十五条第四項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第四項 (Article 215, paragraph (4)), art-215/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-4 - art-215/par-2: 第二百二条第一号 → 破産法 第二百二条第一項第一号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-202/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-202/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202/par-1/item-1 - art-215/par-2: 第二号 → 破産法 第二百二条第一項第二号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-202/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-202/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-202/par-1/item-2 - art-215/par-2: 前条第七項 → 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-215/par-2: 第二百十五条第五項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第五項 (Article 215, paragraph (5)), art-215/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-5 - art-215/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-1 - art-215/par-5: 前項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第四項 (Article 215, paragraph (4)), art-215/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-4 - art-215/par-5: 第二項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-2 - art-215/par-5: 第二百一条第五項 → 破産法 第二百一条第五項 (Article 201, paragraph (5)), art-201/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-201/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-201/par-5 - art-215/par-7: 前項 → 破産法 第二百十五条第六項 (Article 215, paragraph (6)), art-215/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-6 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-1 - 破産法 第二百十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-2 - 破産法 第二百十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-4 - 破産法 第二百十五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-5 - 破産法 第二百十五条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-215/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-215/par-7 --- ## 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