# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第九十八条 (Article 98) - 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: 第九十八条 (Article 98)（優先的破産債権） — address `art-98` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98 - 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. --- ### 第九十八条（優先的破産債権） — (Preferred Bankruptcy Claims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98 **第一項** 破産財団に属する財産につき一般の先取特権その他一般の優先権がある破産債権（次条第一項に規定する劣後的破産債権及び同条第二項に規定する約定劣後破産債権を除く。以下「優先的破産債権」という。）は、他の破産債権に優先する。 art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98/par-1 A bankruptcy claim for which a general statutory lien or any other general priority exists over property that belongs to the bankruptcy estate (excluding a subordinate bankruptcy claim prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and consensually-subordinated bankruptcy claim prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; referred to below as a "preferred bankruptcy claim") takes precedence over other bankruptcy claims. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、優先的破産債権間の優先順位は、民法、商法その他の法律の定めるところによる。 art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the order of priority among preferred bankruptcy claims is as provided for by the Civil Code, the Commercial Code, or any other laws. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 優先権が一定の期間内の債権額につき存在する場合には、その期間は、破産手続開始の時からさかのぼって計算する。 art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98/par-3 When a priority exists with regard to the amount of claim arising for a specific period of time, the period is calculated from the time of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-98/par-1: 次条第一項 → 破産法 第九十九条第一項 (Article 99, paragraph (1)), art-99/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-99/par-1 - art-98/par-1: 同条第二項 → 破産法 第九十九条第二項 (Article 99, paragraph (2)), art-99/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-99/par-2 - art-98/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第九十八条第一項 (Article 98, paragraph (1)), art-98/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第九十八条第二項（優先的破産債権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-98/par-2 - 破産法 第百九十四条第一項（配当の順位等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-194/par-1 - 破産法 第百九十六条第二項（配当表） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-196/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-196/par-2 --- ## 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