# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百六十四条 (Article 164) - 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: 第百六十四条 (Article 164)（権利変動の対抗要件の否認） — address `art-164` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164 - 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. --- ### 第百六十四条（権利変動の対抗要件の否認） — (Avoidance of Requirements for Perfection of Changes in Rights) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164 **第一項** 支払の停止等があった後権利の設定、移転又は変更をもって第三者に対抗するために必要な行為（仮登記又は仮登録を含む。）をした場合において、その行為が権利の設定、移転又は変更があった日から十五日を経過した後支払の停止等のあったことを知ってしたものであるときは、破産手続開始後、破産財団のためにこれを否認することができる。ただし、当該仮登記又は仮登録以外の仮登記又は仮登録があった後にこれらに基づいて本登記又は本登録をした場合は、この限りでない。 art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164/par-1 When an act necessary to assert the establishment, transfer, or modification of a right against a third party (including a provisional registration) was conducted after suspension of payments, etc. took place, if the act was conducted after 15 days had elapsed from the date of establishment, transfer, or modification of the right, knowing that suspension of payments, etc. had taken place, the act may be avoided in the interest of the bankruptcy estate after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings; provided, however, that this does not apply to a definitive registration based on the above or other provisional registration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、権利取得の効力を生ずる登録について準用する。 art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a registration that makes the acquisition of a right effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-164/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百六十四条第一項 (Article 164, paragraph (1)), art-164/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百七十四条第三項（破産手続開始の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-574/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-574/par-3 - 破産法 第百六十四条第二項（権利変動の対抗要件の否認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-164/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