# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十四条の四 (Article 244-4) - 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: 第二百四十四条の四 (Article 244-4)（破産手続開始の申立て） — address `art-244-4` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百四十四条の四（破産手続開始の申立て） — (Petitions to Commence Bankruptcy Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-244-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4 **第一項** 信託財産については、信託債権（信託法第二十一条第二項第二号に規定する信託債権をいう。次項第一号及び第二百四十四条の七において同じ。）を有する者又は受益者のほか、受託者又は信託財産管理者、信託財産法人管理人若しくは同法第百七十条第一項の管理人（以下「受託者等」と総称する。）も、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-244-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-1 In addition to a person that holds a trust claim (meaning a trust claim prescribed in Article 21, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Trust Act; the same applies in item (i) of the following paragraph and Article 244-7) or a beneficiary, the trustee, or the administrator of trust property, the incorporated trust property administrator, or the administrator referred to in Article 170, paragraph (1) of that Act (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "trustee, etc.") may file a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings against the trust property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる者が信託財産について破産手続開始の申立てをするときは、それぞれ当該各号に定める事実を疎明しなければならない。 art-244-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-2 When a person stated in each of the following items files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings against trust property, they must make a prima facie showing of the fact specified in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 信託債権を有する者又は受益者　その有する信託債権又は受益債権の存在及び当該信託財産の破産手続開始の原因となる事実 art-244-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-2/item-1 a person that holds a trust claim or a beneficiary:the existence of the trust claim or beneficial claim held by a person and the fact constituting the cause for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against the trust property; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 受託者等　当該信託財産の破産手続開始の原因となる事実 art-244-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-2/item-2 the trustee, etc.:the fact constituting the cause for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against the trust property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項第二号の規定は、受託者等が一人であるとき、又は受託者等が数人ある場合において受託者等の全員が破産手続開始の申立てをしたときは、適用しない。 art-244-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-3 The provisions of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph do not apply when there is only one trustee, etc. or when there are two or more trustees, etc. and the petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings is filed by all of the trustees, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 信託財産については、信託が終了した後であっても、残余財産の給付が終了するまでの間は、破産手続開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-244-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-4 Even after the termination of the trust, a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings may be filed against the trust property until the distribution of its residual assets is completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-244-4/par-1: 信託法第二十一条第二項第二号 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000108, 第二十一条第二項第二号 (Article 21, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-21/par-2/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-244-4/par-1: 次項第一号 → 破産法 第二百四十四条の四第二項第一号 (Article 244-4, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-244-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-2/item-1 - art-244-4/par-1: 第二百四十四条の七 → 破産法 第二百四十四条の七 (Article 244-7), art-244-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-7 - art-244-4/par-1: 同法第百七十条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000108, 第百七十条第一項 (Article 170, paragraph (1)), art-170/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-244-4/par-3: 前項第二号 → 破産法 第二百四十四条の四第二項第二号 (Article 244-4, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-244-4/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第二百四十四条の四第一項（破産手続開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-1 - 破産法 第二百四十四条の四第三項（破産手続開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-244-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-244-4/par-3 --- ## 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