# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第百六十九条 (Article 169)

- 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: 第百六十九条 (Article 169)（相手方の債権の回復） — address `art-169`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-169
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### 第百六十九条（相手方の債権の回復） — (Restoration of the Other Party's Claims)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-169</sup>

  **第一項**  第百六十二条第一項に規定する行為が否認された場合において、相手方がその受けた給付を返還し、又はその価額を償還したときは、相手方の債権は、これによって原状に復する。
  <sup>art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-169/par-1</sup>
  When an act prescribed in Article 162, paragraph (1) is avoided, if the other party returns the performance received or reimburses the value of the performance, the other party's claim restores to its original state.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-169/par-1: 第百六十二条第一項 → 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

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 破産法 第百七十条の三第一項（相手方の債権に関する転得者の権利） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-170-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-170-3/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