# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百六十条 (Article 560) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-560. 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: 第五百六十条 (Article 560)（運送取扱人の責任） — address `art-560` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-560 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-560 - 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. --- ### 第五百六十条（運送取扱人の責任） — (Liability of Freight Forwarders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-560 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-560 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-560 **第一項** 運送取扱人は、運送品の受取から荷受人への引渡しまでの間にその運送品が滅失し若しくは損傷し、若しくはその滅失若しくは損傷の原因が生じ、又は運送品が延着したときは、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。ただし、運送取扱人がその運送品の受取、保管及び引渡し、運送人の選択その他の運送の取次ぎについて注意を怠らなかったことを証明したときは、この限りでない。 art-560/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-560/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-560/par-1 If, between the receipt of goods and their delivery to the consignee, those goods are lost or damaged or something occurs that causes them to be lost or damaged, or if their arrival is delayed, a freight forwarder is liable to compensate for the resulting loss or damage; provided, however, that this does not apply if a freight forwarder proves that it did not neglect to exercise due care in performing acts in commissioning the transportation, such as the receipt, storage, or delivery of the goods, or the choice of carrier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## 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