# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十条の二 (Article 170-2) - 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: 第百七十条の二 (Article 170-2)（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する転得者の権利等） — address `art-170-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2 - 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. --- ### 第百七十条の二（破産者の受けた反対給付に関する転得者の権利等） — (Rights of Subsequent Acquirers Relating to Counter-Performance Received by the Bankrupt) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-170-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2 **第一項** 破産者がした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転得者に対する否認権の行使によって否認されたときは、転得者は、第百六十八条第一項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。ただし、同項第一号に掲げる場合において、破産者の受けた反対給付の価額が、第四項に規定する転得者がした反対給付又は消滅した転得者の債権の価額を超えるときは、転得者は、財団債権者として破産者の受けた反対給付の価額の償還を請求する権利を行使することができる。 art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-1 If an act conducted by the bankrupt referred to in the provisions of Article 160, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) or Article 161, paragraph (1) was avoided by the exercise of a right of avoidance against a subsequent acquirer, the subsequent acquirer may exercise the rights prescribed in the items of Article 168, paragraph (1) in accordance with the category stated in the respective item; provided, however, that in the case stated in item (i) of that paragraph, if the value of the counter-performance received by the bankrupt exceeds the value of the counter-performance by the subsequent acquirer or the value of the extinguished claims of the subsequent acquirer referred to in paragraph (4), the subsequent acquirer may exercise the right to make a claim for reimbursement of the value of the counter-performance received by the bankrupt as a holder of a claim on the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、第百六十八条第一項第二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、当該行為の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、転得者は、同条第二項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-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the case stated in Article 168, paragraph (1), item (ii), at the time when the act in question was conducted, if the bankrupt had the intention to conceal or carry out other disposal of the property received as value for the act, and the other party knew that the bankrupt had the intention, the subsequent acquirer may exercise the rights specified in each item of paragraph (2) of that Article in accordance with the category stated in the respective item. 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-170-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/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, at the time of the act, that the bankrupt had the intention to conceal or carry out other disposal referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定による権利の行使は、転得者がその前者から財産を取得するためにした反対給付又はその前者から財産を取得することによって消滅した債権の価額を限度とする。 art-170-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-4 The exercise of rights under the provisions of paragraph (1) and (2) is limited to the value of the counter-performance by the subsequent acquirer in order to acquire the property from the predecessor or the value of the claim that was extinguished as a result of the acquisition of the property by the subsequent acquirer from the predecessor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 破産管財人は、第一項に規定する行為を転得者に対する否認権の行使によって否認しようとするときは、第百六十七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、転得者に対し、当該財産の価額から前各項の規定により財団債権となる額（第百六十八条第一項第一号に掲げる場合（第一項ただし書に該当するときを除く。）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-170-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-5 When seeking to avoid an act prescribed in paragraph (1) by exercising a right of avoidance against the subsequent acquirer in lieu of requesting return of the property that should be returned to the bankruptcy estate pursuant to the provisions of Article 167, paragraph (1), a bankruptcy trustee may request the subsequent acquirer 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 four paragraphs (in the case stated in Article 168, paragraph (1), item (i) (excluding cases filing under the proviso of paragraph (1)), the value of the counter-performance received by the bankrupt) from the value of the property to be returned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-170-2/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-170-2/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-170-2/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-170-2/par-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 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-170-2/par-1: 同項第一号 → 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 - art-170-2/par-1: 第四項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第四項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (4)), art-170-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-4 - art-170-2/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第一項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (1)), art-170-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-1 - art-170-2/par-2: 第百六十八条第一項第二号 → 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-170-2/par-2: 同条第二項 → 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-170-2/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第二項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (2)), art-170-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-2 - art-170-2/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-170-2/par-4: 第一項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第一項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (1)), art-170-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-1 - art-170-2/par-4: 第二項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第二項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (2)), art-170-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-2 - art-170-2/par-5: 第一項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第一項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (1)), art-170-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-1 - art-170-2/par-5: 第百六十七条第一項 → 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-170-2/par-5: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第二項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (2)), art-170-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-2 - art-170-2/par-5: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第三項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (3)), art-170-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-3 - art-170-2/par-5: 前各項 → 破産法 第百七十条の二第四項 (Article 170-2, paragraph (4)), art-170-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-4 - art-170-2/par-5: 第百六十八条第一項第一号 → 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 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第百七十条の二第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-3 - 破産法 第百七十条の二第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-2/par-4 - 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 第百七十条の三第一項（相手方の債権に関する転得者の権利） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-3/par-1 - 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