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Article 502Transactions Regarded as Commercial Transactions If Conducted as Business

第五百二条(営業的商行為)

The following actions are commercial transactions only if they are taken as a part of business; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action is taken by a person that manufactures a product or engages in labor for the sole purpose of earning wages:

次に掲げる行為は、営業としてするときは、商行為とする。ただし、専ら賃金を得る目的で物を製造し、又は労務に従事する者の行為は、この限りでない。

an action through which a first person seeks to acquire for value or rent from a second person a movable or real property from whose rental to a third person the first person wishes to profit, or an action through which one person seeks to rent to another person property so acquired or rented;

賃貸する意思をもってする動産若しくは不動産の有償取得若しくは賃借又はその取得し若しくは賃借したものの賃貸を目的とする行為

an action relating to manufacturing or processing undertaken for another person's benefit;

他人のためにする製造又は加工に関する行為

an action relating to the supplying of electricity or gas;

電気又はガスの供給に関する行為

an action relating to transportation;

運送に関する行為

undertaking a contract for work or labor;

作業又は労務の請負

an action relating to publishing, printing, photography, or filming;

出版、印刷又は撮影に関する行為

a transaction at an establishment at which it is intended for customers to gather;

客の来集を目的とする場屋における取引

exchanging money or making another banking transaction;

両替その他の銀行取引

providing insurance;

保険

undertaking a bailment;

寄託の引受け

an action relating to brokerage or intermediation;

仲立ち又は取次ぎに関する行為

undertaking the role of agent for a commercial transaction;

商行為の代理の引受け

undertaking a trust.

信託の引受け

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