# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百六十八条 (Article 168) - 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: 第百六十八条 (Article 168)（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する相手方の権利等） — address `art-168` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168 - 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. --- ### 第百六十八条（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する相手方の権利等） — (Rights Held by the Other Party Over Counter-Performance Received by the Bankrupt) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168 **第一項** 第百六十条第一項若しくは第三項又は第百六十一条第一項に規定する行為が否認されたときは、相手方は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める権利を行使することができる。 art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1 When an act prescribed in Article 160, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 161, paragraph (1) is avoided, the other party may exercise the right specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 破産者の受けた反対給付が破産財団中に現存する場合　当該反対給付の返還を請求する権利 art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1/item-1 when the counter-performance received by the bankrupt actually exists within the bankruptcy estate:the right to claim the return of the counter-performance; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産者の受けた反対給付が破産財団中に現存しない場合　財団債権者として反対給付の価額の償還を請求する権利 art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1/item-2 when the counter-performance received by the bankrupt does not actually exist within the bankruptcy estate:the right to claim , the reimbursement of the value of the counter-performance as a holder of claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第二号の規定にかかわらず、同号に掲げる場合において、当該行為の当時、破産者が対価として取得した財産について隠匿等の処分をする意思を有し、かつ、相手方が破産者がその意思を有していたことを知っていたときは、相手方は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める権利を行使することができる。 art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, in the cases stated in that item, if the bankrupt had the intention to conceal or carry out other disposal of the property that they received as a value for the act and the other party knew that the bankrupt had the intention at the time when the act in question was conducted, the other party may exercise the right specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 破産者の受けた反対給付によって生じた利益の全部が破産財団中に現存する場合　財団債権者としてその現存利益の返還を請求する権利 art-168/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2/item-1 when the enrichment arising from the counter-performance received by the bankrupt actually exists in whole within the bankruptcy estate:the right to claim the return of the actual enrichment as a holder of the claim on the estate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産者の受けた反対給付によって生じた利益が破産財団中に現存しない場合　破産債権者として反対給付の価額の償還を請求する権利 art-168/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2/item-2 when the enrichment arising from the counter-performance received by the bankrupt does not actually exist within the bankruptcy estate:the right to claim, the reimbursement of the value of the counter-performance as a bankruptcy creditor; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 破産者の受けた反対給付によって生じた利益の一部が破産財団中に現存する場合　財団債権者としてその現存利益の返還を請求する権利及び破産債権者として反対給付と現存利益との差額の償還を請求する権利 art-168/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2/item-3 when the enrichment arising from the counter-performance received by the bankrupt actually exists in part within the bankruptcy estate:the right to claim the return of the actual enrichment as a holder of claim on the estate, and the right to claim the reimbursement of any difference between the counter-performance and the actual enrichment as a bankruptcy creditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定の適用については、当該行為の相手方が第百六十一条第二項各号に掲げる者のいずれかであるときは、その相手方は、当該行為の当時、破産者が前項の隠匿等の処分をする意思を有していたことを知っていたものと推定する。 art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-3 For the purpose of application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the other party to the act in question is any of the persons stated in the items of Article 161, paragraph (2), the other party is presumed to have known that the bankrupt had the intention to conceal or carry out other disposal referred to in the preceding paragraph at the time of the act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 破産管財人は、第百六十条第一項若しくは第三項又は第百六十一条第一項に規定する行為を否認しようとするときは、前条第一項の規定により破産財団に復すべき財産の返還に代えて、相手方に対し、当該財産の価額から前三項の規定により財団債権となる額（第一項第一号に掲げる場合にあっては、破産者の受けた反対給付の価額）を控除した額の償還を請求することができる。 art-168/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-4 A bankruptcy trustee may request the other party to reimburse the amount obtained by deducting the amount that is included in the scope of claims on the estate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs (in the case stated in paragraph (1), item (i), the value of the counter-performance received by the bankrupt) from the value of the property to be returned when seeking to avoid an act prescribed in Article 160, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 161, paragraph (1), in lieu of requesting the return of the property that should be returned to the bankruptcy estate pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article,. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-168/par-1: 第百六十条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-160/par-1 - art-168/par-1: 第三項 → 破産法 第百六十条第三項 (Article 160, paragraph (3)), art-160/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-160/par-3 - art-168/par-1: 第百六十一条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十一条第一項 (Article 161, paragraph (1)), art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-161/par-1 - art-168/par-2: 前項第二号 → 破産法 第百六十八条第一項第二号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-168/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1/item-2 - art-168/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百六十八条第二項 (Article 168, paragraph (2)), art-168/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2 - art-168/par-3: 第百六十一条第二項 → 破産法 第百六十一条第二項 (Article 161, paragraph (2)), art-161/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-161/par-2 - art-168/par-4: 第百六十条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-160/par-1 - art-168/par-4: 第三項 → 破産法 第百六十条第三項 (Article 160, paragraph (3)), art-160/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-160/par-3 - art-168/par-4: 第百六十一条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十一条第一項 (Article 161, paragraph (1)), art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-161/par-1 - art-168/par-4: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十七条第一項 (Article 167, paragraph (1)), art-167/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-167/par-1 - art-168/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1 - art-168/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第百六十八条第二項 (Article 168, paragraph (2)), art-168/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2 - art-168/par-4: 前三項 → 破産法 第百六十八条第三項 (Article 168, paragraph (3)), art-168/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-3 - art-168/par-4: 第一項第一号 → 破産法 第百六十八条第一項第一号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-168/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第九十七条第一項第十二号（破産債権に含まれる請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-97/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-97/par-1/item-12 - 破産法 第百六十八条第二項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する相手方の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-2 - 破産法 第百六十八条第三項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する相手方の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-3 - 破産法 第百六十八条第四項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する相手方の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-168/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-168/par-4 - 破産法 第百七十条の二第一項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する転得者の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-1 - 破産法 第百七十条の二第二項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する転得者の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-2 - 破産法 第百七十条の二第五項（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する転得者の権利等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-5 - 破産法 第二百四十四条の十第四項（否認権に関する規定の適用関係等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-10/par-4 --- ## 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