Article 554Effect of Sale or Purchase if Commission Merchant Bears Difference in Prices from Amount Designated by Consignor
第五百五十四条(問屋が委託者の指定した金額との差額を負担する場合の販売又は買入れの効力)
If a commission merchant sells goods at a price lower than that designated by the consignor or purchases goods at a price higher than that designated by the consignor but the merchant personally bears the difference, the sale or purchase is valid for the consignor.
問屋が委託者の指定した金額より低い価格で販売をし、又は高い価格で買入れをした場合において、自らその差額を負担するときは、その販売又は買入れは、委託者に対してその効力を生ずる。
commission merchant
「問屋」
A person whose business is selling or buying goods in their own name on behalf of others.
Defined inArticle 551, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter