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Section 6 Loans for Use第六節 使用貸借
Article 593第五百九十三条
Loans for Use(使用貸借)
Article 593, paragraph (1)
A loan for use becomes effective if one of the parties promises to deliver a certain thing, and the other party promises to return the thing when the contract is terminated after the other party uses and makes profit of the borrowed thing at no cost.
Lender's Right to Cancel Loan for Use Before the Receipt of the Borrowed Thing(借用物受取り前の貸主による使用貸借の解除)
Article 593-2, paragraph (1)
The lender may cancel the contract up until the borrower receives the borrowed thing; provided, however, that this does not apply to a loan for use made in writing.
A borrower must make use of and take the profits of the thing in compliance with the method of use specified by the contract or by the nature of the thing which is the subject matter of the contract.
A borrower may not allow third parties to make use of or take the profits of the thing without obtaining the approval of the lender.
借主は、貸主の承諾を得なければ、第三者に借用物の使用又は収益をさせることができない。
Article 594, paragraph (3)
If a borrower has made use of or taken the profits of the thing in violation of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the lender may cancel the contract.
借主が前二項の規定に違反して使用又は収益をしたときは、貸主は、契約の解除をすることができる。
Article 595第五百九十五条
Responsibility for Costs of Borrowed Things(借用物の費用の負担)
Article 595, paragraph (1)
The borrower bears the ordinarily necessary expenses of borrowed things.
借主は、借用物の通常の必要費を負担する。
Article 595, paragraph (2)
The provisions of Article 583, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to costs other than the ordinarily necessary expenses referred to in the preceding paragraph.
第五百八十三条第二項の規定は、前項の通常の必要費以外の費用について準用する。
Article 596第五百九十六条
Lender's Obligation to Deliver(貸主の引渡義務等)
Article 596, paragraph (1)
The provisions of Article 551 apply mutatis mutandis to loans for use.
第五百五十一条の規定は、使用貸借について準用する。
Article 597第五百九十七条
Termination of Loan for Use upon Expiration of Period of Loan(期間満了等による使用貸借の終了)
Article 597, paragraph (1)
If the parties specify a period of a loan for use, the loan for use is terminated upon the expiration of the period.
当事者が使用貸借の期間を定めたときは、使用貸借は、その期間が満了することによって終了する。
Article 597, paragraph (2)
If the parties do not specify a period of a loan for use, but they specify the purpose of using and making profit from the borrowed thing, the loan for use is terminated when the borrower finishes using and making profit from the thing in line with the purpose.
A loan for use is terminated upon the death of the borrower.
使用貸借は、借主の死亡によって終了する。
Article 598第五百九十八条
Cancellation of Loan for Use(使用貸借の解除)
Article 598, paragraph (1)
In the case prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, upon the passage of a period that is sufficient for the borrower to use and make profit from the borrowed thing in line with the purpose referred to in that paragraph, the lender may cancel the contract.
If the parties do not specify a period of a loan for use or a purpose of using and making profit from the borrowed thing, the lender may cancel the contract at any time.
If the borrower attaches anything to the borrowed thing after receiving it, the borrower has an obligation to remove the attached thing when the loan for use is terminated; provided, however, that this does not apply to anything that is unable to be detached from the borrowed thing or that requires excessive expenses for the detachment.
The borrower may remove anything that the borrower has attached to the borrowed thing after receiving it.
借主は、借用物を受け取った後にこれに附属させた物を収去することができる。
Article 599, paragraph (3)
If any damage is caused to the borrowed thing after the borrower receives it, the borrower has an obligation to restore the damaged thing when the loan for use is terminated; provided, however, that this does not apply if the damage is caused due to any grounds not attributable to the borrower.
Restriction on Period to Claim Damages and Reimbursement of Costs(損害賠償及び費用の償還の請求権についての期間の制限)
Article 600, paragraph (1)
Claims for compensation for damage resulting from using or taking profits of the thing inconsistent with the main purpose of the contract and for the reimbursement of expenditures incurred by the borrower must be submitted within one year from the time when the lender receives the return of the borrowed things.
With regard to the claim for damages referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prescription period does not expire until one year has passed from the time when the lender receives the return of the borrowed thing.