# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十四条の九 (Article 244-9)

- 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: 第二百四十四条の九 (Article 244-9)（固有財産等責任負担債務に係る債権者の地位） — address `art-244-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-9
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### 第二百四十四条の九（固有財産等責任負担債務に係る債権者の地位） — (Status of Creditors Related to Obligations Covered Only by the Trustee's Own Property)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-244-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-9</sup>

**第一項**  信託財産について破産手続開始の決定があったときは、固有財産等責任負担債務（信託法第二十二条第一項に規定する固有財産等責任負担債務をいう。）に係る債権を有する者は、破産債権者としてその権利を行使することができない。
<sup>art-244-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-244-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-9/par-1</sup>
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made against trust property, a person holding claims pertaining to the obligation covered only by the trustee's own property, etc. (meaning obligation covered only by the trustee's own property, etc. as prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Trust Act) may not exercise their rights as bankruptcy creditors.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-244-9/par-1: 信託法第二十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000108, 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — not held in this collection

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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