# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百四十六条 (Article 546) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546. 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: 第五百四十六条 (Article 546)（結約書の交付義務等） — address `art-546` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十六条（結約書の交付義務等） — (Obligation to Deliver Transaction Brokerage Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-546 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546 **第一項** 当事者間において媒介に係る行為が成立したときは、仲立人は、遅滞なく、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面（以下この章において「結約書」という。）を作成し、かつ、署名し、又は記名押印した後、これを各当事者に交付しなければならない。 art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 Once an act subject to brokerage is formed and effected between the parties, the broker, without delay, must prepare documents containing the following information (hereinafter referred to as "transaction brokerage notice" in this Chapter), and deliver those notices to the parties after affixing the broker's signature or name and seal to them: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 各当事者の氏名又は名称 art-546/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1/item-1 the name of each party; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該行為の年月日及びその要領 art-546/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1/item-2 the date and an outline of the act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、当事者が直ちに履行をすべきときを除き、仲立人は、各当事者に結約書に署名させ、又は記名押印させた後、これをその相手方に交付しなければならない。 art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, unless the parties are required to perform their obligations immediately, the broker must have each party sign or affix its name and seal to one set of the transaction brokerage notice, and must deliver this to the other party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、当事者の一方が結約書を受領せず、又はこれに署名若しくは記名押印をしないときは、仲立人は、遅滞なく、相手方に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-546/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if one of the parties will not receive the transaction brokerage notices or does not sign or affix its name and seal to them, the broker must notify the other party of this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-546/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第一項 (Article 546, paragraph (1)), art-546/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 - art-546/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第一項 (Article 546, paragraph (1)), art-546/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 - art-546/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第二項 (Article 546, paragraph (2)), art-546/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百四十六条第二項（結約書の交付義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-2 - 商法 第五百四十六条第三項（結約書の交付義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-3 - 商法 第五百四十七条第一項（帳簿記載義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547/par-1 - 商法 第五百五十条第一項（仲立人の報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-550/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-550/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