# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十四条の六 (Article 244-6) - 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: 第二百四十四条の六 (Article 244-6)（受託者等の説明義務等） — address `art-244-6` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十四条の六（受託者等の説明義務等） — (Obligation of Explanation by Trustees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-244-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6 **第一項** 信託財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合には、次に掲げる者は、破産管財人若しくは債権者委員会の請求又は債権者集会の決議に基づく請求があったときは、破産に関し必要な説明をしなければならない。 art-244-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-1 If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against trust property, the following persons must give necessary explanation concerning bankruptcy upon a request of a bankruptcy trustee or creditors' committee, or a request based on a resolution at a creditors' meeting,: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 受託者等 art-244-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-1/item-1 a trustee, etc.; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 会計監査人（信託法第二百四十八条第一項又は第二項の会計監査人をいう。以下この章において同じ。） art-244-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-1/item-2 an accounting auditor (meaning an accounting auditor prescribed in Article 248, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Trust Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、同項各号に掲げる者であった者について準用する。 art-244-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a person that was the person stated in items of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三十七条及び第三十八条の規定は、信託財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合における受託者等（個人である受託者等に限る。）について準用する。 art-244-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-3 The provisions of Article 37 and Article 38 apply mutatis mutandis to a trustee, etc. (limited to a trustee, etc. who is an individual) if an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against the trust property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四十一条の規定は、信託財産について破産手続開始の決定があった場合における受託者等について準用する。 art-244-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-4 The provisions of Article 41 apply mutatis mutandis to a trustee, etc. if an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against the trust property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-244-6/par-1/item-2: 信託法第二百四十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000108, 第二百四十八条第一項 (Article 248, paragraph (1)), art-248/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-244-6/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000108, 第二百四十八条第二項 (Article 248, paragraph (2)), art-248/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-244-6/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四十四条の六第一項 (Article 244-6, paragraph (1)), art-244-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-1 - art-244-6/par-3: 第三十七条 → 破産法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-37 - art-244-6/par-3: 第三十八条 → 破産法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-38 - art-244-6/par-4: 第四十一条 → 破産法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-41 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四十四条の六第二項（受託者等の説明義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-6/par-2 - 破産法 第二百六十八条第一項（説明及び検査の拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-1 - 破産法 第二百六十八条第二項（説明及び検査の拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-268/par-2 - 破産法 第二百六十九条第一項（重要財産開示拒絶等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-269/par-1 --- ## 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