# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百六十三条 (Article 163) - 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: 第百六十三条 (Article 163)（手形債務支払の場合等の例外） — address `art-163` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163 - 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. --- ### 第百六十三条（手形債務支払の場合等の例外） — (Exceptions to Payment of Debts on Negotiable Instruments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163 **第一項** 前条第一項第一号の規定は、破産者から手形の支払を受けた者がその支払を受けなければ手形上の債務者の一人又は数人に対する手形上の権利を失う場合には、適用しない。 art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163/par-1 The provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article do not apply when a person that has received payment of a negotiable instrument from the bankrupt would lose their right on the negotiable instrument against one or more debtors on the negotiable instrument unless the person receives the payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、最終の償還義務者又は手形の振出しを委託した者が振出しの当時支払の停止等があったことを知り、又は過失によって知らなかったときは、破産管財人は、これらの者に破産者が支払った金額を償還させることができる。 art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the final obligor for reimbursement or the person that had entrusted the drawing of the negotiable instrument had known or was negligent in not knowing, at the time of drawing, the fact that suspension of payments, etc. had taken place, a bankruptcy trustee may have these persons redeem the money paid by the bankrupt to them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第一項の規定は、破産者が租税等の請求権（共助対象外国租税の請求権を除く。）又は罰金等の請求権につき、その徴収の権限を有する者に対してした担保の供与又は債務の消滅に関する行為には、適用しない。 art-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article do not apply to the act concerning the provision of security or extinguishment of debt, which is conducted by the bankrupt with regard to a claim for tax, etc. (excluding a claim for a foreign tax subject to mutual assistance) or a claim for a fine, etc. for the person that has the authority to collect the claim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-163/par-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 破産法 第百六十二条第一項第一号 (Article 162, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-162/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-162/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-162/par-1/item-1 - art-163/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第百六十三条第一項 (Article 163, paragraph (1)), art-163/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163/par-1 - art-163/par-3: 前条第一項 → 破産法 第百六十二条第一項 (Article 162, paragraph (1)), art-162/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-162/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百七十四条第三項（破産手続開始の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-574/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-574/par-3 - 破産法 第百六十三条第二項（手形債務支払の場合等の例外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-163/par-2 --- ## 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