# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十四条 (Article 244) - 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 (Article 244)（特定遺贈の承認又は放棄） — address `art-244` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十四条（特定遺贈の承認又は放棄） — (Acceptance or Renunciation of Particular Legacies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244 **第一項** 破産手続開始の決定前に破産者のために特定遺贈があった場合において、破産者が当該決定の時においてその承認又は放棄をしていなかったときは、破産管財人は、破産者に代わって、その承認又は放棄をすることができる。 art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244/par-1 If a particular legacy was given to a bankrupt before an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued, when the bankrupt has not accepted or renounced the legacy at the time the order is issued, a bankruptcy trustee may accept or renounce the legacy on behalf of the bankrupt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 民法第九百八十七条の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。 art-244/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244/par-2 The provisions of Article 987 of the Civil Code apply mutatis mutandis in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-244/par-2: 民法第九百八十七条 → 民法 第九百八十七条 (Article 987), art-987 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-987 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-987 - art-244/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四十四条第一項 (Article 244, paragraph (1)), art-244/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第七十八条第二項第六号（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-6 - 破産法 第二百四十四条第二項（特定遺贈の承認又は放棄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244/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