# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百十五条 (Article 515)

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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
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第五百十五条 (Article 515)（契約による質物の処分の禁止の適用除外） — address `art-515`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百十五条（契約による質物の処分の禁止の適用除外） — (Exemptions from the Prohibition on the Use or Disposal of Things Pledged by Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-515 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-515 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-515</sup>

  **第一項**  民法第三百四十九条の規定は、商行為によって生じた債権を担保するために設定した質権については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-515/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 349 of the Civil Code do not apply to a pledge created to secure an obligation arising from a commercial transaction.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-515/par-1: 民法第三百四十九条 → 民法 第三百四十九条 (Article 349), art-349 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-349 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-349

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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