A lessee of a ship that uses that ship in a voyage at sea for the purpose of conducting commercial transactions bears the obligation to make the repairs needed to enable the use of the ship if the ship incurs any damage after the lessee receives it; provided, however, that this does not apply if the cause of the damage is attributable to the lessor.
船舶の賃借人であって商行為をする目的でその船舶を航海の用に供しているものは、その船舶を受け取った後にこれに生じた損傷があるときは、その利用に必要な修繕をする義務を負う。ただし、その損傷が賃貸人の責めに帰すべき事由によるものであるときは、この限りでない。
ship
「船舶」
In the part on maritime commerce (except Article 747), a ship used for navigation for the purpose of commercial transactions (商行為), other than rowboats and other boats driven only or mainly by oars.
Defined inArticle 684, paragraph (1)
lessee
賃借人
The party to a lease (賃貸借) who uses a thing, such as land or a building, pays rent for it and must return it when the contract ends; in everyday words, the tenant (Civil Code, Article 601). The lessee needs the lessor's (賃貸人) consent to transfer the lease or to sublet the thing (Article 612, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 601, 612 as a reference.