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Article 711Handling of Cargo by Master

第七百十一条(船長による積荷の処分)

While a ship is at sea, the master must handle cargo on behalf of persons with an interest in the cargo in a way that is in their best interests, when it is necessary to do so in order to benefit their interests.

船長は、航海中に積荷の利害関係人の利益のため必要があるときは、利害関係人に代わり、最もその利益に適合する方法によって、その積荷の処分をしなければならない。

If a person with an interest in cargo incurs an obligation in connection with that cargo due to the handling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the interested person may be released from the liability for that obligation by transferring its rights in the cargo to the obligee; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is negligence on the part of the interested person.

積荷の利害関係人は、前項の処分によりその積荷について債務を負担したときは、当該債務に係る債権者にその積荷について有する権利を移転して、その責任を免れることができる。ただし、利害関係人に過失があったときは、この限りでない。

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