The term "merchant" as used in this Code means a person in the business of conducting commercial transactions in its own name.
この法律において「商人」とは、自己の名をもって商行為をすることを業とする者をいう。
A person in the business of selling goods at a store or other similar facility or a person engaged in the mining business is deemed to be a merchant even if that person is not in the business of conducting commercial transactions.
店舗その他これに類似する設備によって物品を販売することを業とする者又は鉱業を営む者は、商行為を行うことを業としない者であっても、これを商人とみなす。
merchant
「商人」
A person who, in their own name, carries on commercial transactions (商行為) as a business.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law