At the request of a shipper or charterer, a carrier or master, without delay after the loading of goods, must issue one or more copies of a sea waybill stating that goods have been loaded. Even before the loading of goods, at the request of a shipper or charterer, the carrier or master, after receiving the goods, must issue one or more copies of a sea waybill stating that the goods have been received.
運送人又は船長は、荷送人又は傭船者の請求により、運送品の船積み後遅滞なく、船積みがあった旨を記載した海上運送状を交付しなければならない。運送品の船積み前においても、その受取後は、荷送人又は傭船者の請求により、受取があった旨を記載した海上運送状を交付しなければならない。
A sea waybill must contain the following information:
海上運送状には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
the information set forth in the items of Article 758, paragraph (1) (excluding item (xi)) (excluding, in the case of a sea waybill stating that goods have been received, the information set forth in items (vii) and (viii) of that paragraph); and
第七百五十八条第一項各号（第十一号を除く。）に掲げる事項（運送品の受取があった旨を記載した海上運送状にあっては、同項第七号及び第八号に掲げる事項を除く。）
the number of copies of the sea waybill there are, if more than one has been prepared.
数通の海上運送状を作成したときは、その数
In lieu of issuing a sea waybill, a carrier or master as referred to in paragraph (1) may provide the shipper or charterer with the information that is required to be contained in a sea waybill by electronic or magnetic means, with the shipper's or charterer's consent and pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In such a case, the carrier or master is deemed to have issued a sea waybill.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if a bill of lading has been issued for the goods.
前三項の規定は、運送品について現に船荷証券が交付されているときは、適用しない。
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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
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)