# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百五十五条 (Article 555) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555. 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: 第五百五十五条 (Article 555)（介入権） — address `art-555` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555 - 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. --- ### 第五百五十五条（介入権） — (Right of Intervention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-555 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555 **第一項** 問屋は、取引所の相場がある物品の販売又は買入れの委託を受けたときは、自ら買主又は売主となることができる。この場合において、売買の代価は、問屋が買主又は売主となったことの通知を発した時における取引所の相場によって定める。 art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555/par-1 When a commission merchant is entrusted to sell or purchase goods for which there is a quotation on an exchange, the merchant may personally stand as the purchaser or seller. In this case, the sale or purchase price is determined by the quotation on the exchange at the time the commission merchant issues notice that it will stand as the purchaser or seller. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においても、問屋は、委託者に対して報酬を請求することができる。 art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the commission merchant may claim remuneration from the consignor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-555/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百五十五条第一項 (Article 555, paragraph (1)), art-555/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百五十五条第二項（介入権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-555/par-2 --- ## 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