A shipper must issue a document containing the following information (referred to as an "invoice" in the following paragraph) at the request of a carrier:
the type of the goods;
運送品の種類
the volume or weight of the goods or the number of packages or items, and the marks of the goods;
運送品の容積若しくは重量又は包若しくは個品の数及び運送品の記号
the type of packaging;
荷造りの種類
the names of the shipper and consignee; and
荷送人及び荷受人の氏名又は名称
the place of shipment and the destination.
発送地及び到達地
In lieu of issuing an invoice, the shipper referred to in the preceding paragraph may provide the information that is required to be contained in an invoice by electronic or magnetic means (meaning a means of using an electronic data processing system, or of otherwise employing information and communications technology, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies hereinafter), with the carrier's consent, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, the shipper is deemed to have issued an invoice.
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carrier
「運送人」
A person whose business is undertaking land, marine or air transportation.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
invoice
「送り状」
A document stating the kind of goods, their volume or weight or the number of packages and their marks, the kind of packing, the shipper's and consignee's names, and the places of dispatch and destination, which a shipper must give the carrier on request.
Short name set inArticle 571, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 571, paragraph (2)
electronic or magnetic means
「電磁的方法」
A method using a computer network or other information and communications technology, of a kind set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) — in Article 571, a way a shipper may give the carrier the details of an invoice (送り状) instead of the paper document.
Defined inArticle 571, paragraph (2)