In this Code, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:
この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。
carrier:a person in the business of undertaking land transportation, marine transportation or air transportation;
land transportation:transportation of goods or passengers on land;
陸上運送 陸上における物品又は旅客の運送をいう。
marine transportation:transportation of goods or passengers by ships prescribed in Article 684 (including non-seagoing vessels prescribed in Article 747); and
air transportation:transportation of goods or passengers by aircraft prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952).
航空運送 航空法（昭和二十七年法律第二百三十一号）第二条第一項に規定する航空機による物品又は旅客の運送をいう。
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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
land transportation
「陸上運送」
Carriage of goods or passengers on land.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
marine transportation
「海上運送」
Carriage of goods or passengers by a ship as defined in Article 684, including a non-seagoing vessel (非航海船) as defined in Article 747.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
air transportation
「航空運送」
Carriage of goods or passengers by an aircraft as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952).
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
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)
non-seagoing vessels
「非航海船」
A ship used for commercial transactions (商行為) that navigates only waters other than the sea, such as lakes, rivers and harbours, other than rowboats and other boats driven only or mainly by oars.
Short name set inArticle 747, paragraph (1)· applies only in this part