# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百二十四条 (Article 524) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第五百二十四条 (Article 524)（売主による目的物の供託及び競売） — address `art-524` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百二十四条（売主による目的物の供託及び競売） — (Depositing and Auctioning Off of Object of Sale by Seller) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-524 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524 **第一項** 商人間の売買において、買主がその目的物の受領を拒み、又はこれを受領することができないときは、売主は、その物を供託し、又は相当の期間を定めて催告をした後に競売に付することができる。この場合において、売主がその物を供託し、又は競売に付したときは、遅滞なく、買主に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-1 If, in a sales transaction between merchants, the buyer refuses to receive or is unable to receive the object of the sale, the seller may deposit the object or put it up for auction after demanding that the buyer receive the object within a reasonable period of time. In such a case, once the seller deposits the object or puts it up for auction, the seller must issue notice of this to the buyer without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 損傷その他の事由による価格の低落のおそれがある物は、前項の催告をしないで競売に付することができる。 art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-2 If the price of an object is likely to decline for reasons such as damage, the seller may put it up for auction without making the demand referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により売買の目的物を競売に付したときは、売主は、その代価を供託しなければならない。ただし、その代価の全部又は一部を代金に充当することを妨げない。 art-524/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-3 If a seller puts the object of a sales transaction up for auction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the seller must deposit the proceeds of the auction; provided, however, that this does not preclude the seller from allocating all or part of the proceeds to cover the purchase price. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-524/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百二十四条第一項 (Article 524, paragraph (1)), art-524/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-1 - art-524/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百二十四条第一項 (Article 524, paragraph (1)), art-524/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-1 - art-524/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百二十四条第二項 (Article 524, paragraph (2)), art-524/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百二十四条第二項（売主による目的物の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-2 - 商法 第五百二十四条第三項（売主による目的物の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-524/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-524/par-3 - 商法 第五百五十六条第一項（問屋が買い入れた物品の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-556/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-556/par-1 - 商法 第六百十五条第一項（寄託物の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-615/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-615/par-1 --- ## 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