# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（為替手形の引受け又は支払等） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条（為替手形の引受け又は支払等） — (Acceptance or Payment of Bills of Exchange) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60 **第一項** 為替手形の振出人又は裏書人について破産手続が開始された場合において、支払人又は予備支払人がその事実を知らないで引受け又は支払をしたときは、その支払人又は予備支払人は、これによって生じた債権につき、破産債権者としてその権利を行使することができる。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-1 When bankruptcy proceedings are commenced against the drawer or endorser of a bill of exchange, if the drawee or the backup drawee has accepted or paid the bill without knowing the commencement, the drawee or the backup drawee may exercise their right over a claim arising from the acceptance or payment as a bankruptcy creditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、小切手及び金銭その他の物又は有価証券の給付を目的とする有価証券について準用する。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to checks and money and other items or securities issued for the delivery of payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第五十一条の規定は、前二項の規定の適用について準用する。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-3 The provisions of Article 51 apply mutatis mutandis to the application of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 第五十一条 → 破産法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-51 - art-60/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 前二項 → 破産法 第六十条第二項 (Article 60, paragraph (2)), art-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第六十条第二項（為替手形の引受け又は支払等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-2 - 破産法 第六十条第三項（為替手形の引受け又は支払等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-60/par-3 - 破産法 第九十七条第一項第十一号（破産債権に含まれる請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-97/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-97/par-1/item-11 --- ## 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