# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百七十四条 (Article 174) - 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: 第百七十四条 (Article 174)（否認の請求） — address `art-174` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174 - 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. --- ### 第百七十四条（否認の請求） — (Requests for Avoidance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174 **第一項** 否認の請求をするときは、その原因となる事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-1 When making a request for avoidance, the requester must make a prima facie showing of the fact constituting the grounds for avoidance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 否認の請求を認容し、又はこれを棄却する裁判は、理由を付した決定でしなければならない。 art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-2 A judicial decision to uphold a request for avoidance or dismiss the request must be made by an order with its reason. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をする場合には、相手方又は転得者を審尋しなければならない。 art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-3 The court must interrogate the other party or any subsequent acquirer when making an order referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 否認の請求を認容する決定があった場合には、その裁判書を当事者に送達しなければならない。この場合においては、第十条第三項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-174/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-4 When an order to uphold a request for avoidance is made, the written judgment must be served upon the parties concerned. In this case, the provisions of the main clause of Article 10, paragraph (3) do not apply. machine translation, not official **第五項** 否認の請求の手続は、破産手続が終了したときは、終了する。 art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-5 The proceedings for a request for avoidance are closed upon the closing of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-174/par-3: 前項 → 破産法 第百七十四条第二項 (Article 174, paragraph (2)), art-174/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-2 - art-174/par-4: 第十条第三項 → 破産法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-10/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百七十四条第三項（否認の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-174/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-174/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch bankruptcy-act-20261019T021325-002, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19