# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十条の三 (Article 170-3)

- 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: 第百七十条の三 (Article 170-3)（相手方の債権に関する転得者の権利） — address `art-170-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第百七十条の三（相手方の債権に関する転得者の権利） — (Rights of Subsequent Acquirer Pertaining to the Other Party's Claim)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-170-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-3</sup>

  **第一項**  破産者がした第百六十二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場合において、転得者がその受けた給付を返還し、又はその価額を償還したときは、転得者は、当該行為がその相手方に対する否認権の行使によって否認されたとすれば第百六十九条の規定により原状に復すべき相手方の債権を行使することができる。この場合には、前条第四項の規定を準用する。
  <sup>art-170-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-170-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-3/par-1</sup>
  If an act conducted by the bankrupt prescribed in Article 162, paragraph (1) is avoided through the exercise of a right of avoidance against a subsequent acquirer and the subsequent acquirer returns the performance received or reimburses the value of the performance, the subsequent acquirer may exercise the claim of the other party to be restored to its original state pursuant to the provisions of Article 169 if that act is avoided through the exercise of a right of avoidance against the other party. In this case, the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-170-3/par-1: 第百六十二条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十二条第一項 (Article 162, paragraph (1)), art-162/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-162/par-1
- art-170-3/par-1: 第百六十九条 → 破産法 第百六十九条 (Article 169), art-169 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-169
- art-170-3/par-1: 前条第四項 → 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

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## 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