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Article 400Duty of Care in Cases of Delivery of Specific Things

第四百条(特定物の引渡しの場合の注意義務)

If the subject of a claim is the delivery of a specific thing, the obligor must retain the thing with the due care of a prudent manager, which is determined in light of the contract or other sources of claims and the common sense trading practices, until the delivery.

債権の目的が特定物の引渡しであるときは、債務者は、その引渡しをするまで、契約その他の債権の発生原因及び取引上の社会通念に照らして定まる善良な管理者の注意をもって、その物を保存しなければならない。

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