# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十四条の三 (Article 244-3)

- 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: 第二百四十四条の三 (Article 244-3)（信託財産の破産手続開始の原因） — address `art-244-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-3
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### 第二百四十四条の三（信託財産の破産手続開始の原因） — (Grounds for Commencement of Bankruptcy Proceedings Against Trust Property)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-244-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-3</sup>

**第一項**  信託財産に対する第十五条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「支払不能」とあるのは、「支払不能又は債務超過（受託者が、信託財産責任負担債務につき、信託財産に属する財産をもって完済することができない状態をいう。）」とする。
<sup>art-244-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-3/par-1</sup>
For the purpose of application of Article 15, paragraph (1) to trust property, the term "unable to pay debts" in Article 15, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "unable to pay debts or insolvent (meaning the condition in which the trustee is unable to make full payment on the obligation covered by the trust property with property that comes under trust property)."
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-244-3/par-1: 第十五条第一項 → 破産法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-15/par-1

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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