# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百十条 (Article 510)

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- Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号
- English title "Commercial Code": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第五百十条 (Article 510)（契約の申込みを受けた者の物品保管義務） — address `art-510`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百十条（契約の申込みを受けた者の物品保管義務） — (Duty of the Party Receiving Offer to Contract to Take Custody of Goods)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-510 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-510 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-510</sup>

  **第一項**  商人がその営業の部類に属する契約の申込みを受けた場合において、その申込みとともに受け取った物品があるときは、その申込みを拒絶したときであっても、申込者の費用をもってその物品を保管しなければならない。ただし、その物品の価額がその費用を償うのに足りないとき、又は商人がその保管によって損害を受けるときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-510/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-510/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-510/par-1</sup>
  If, along with the offer that a merchant receives for a contract that is in its line of business, the merchant also receives goods, it must store those goods at the expense of the offeror, even if it refuses the offer; provided, however, that this does not apply if the value of the goods is insufficient to compensate for the costs of the storage, or if the merchant will incur damage from the storage.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05