# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百七十一条 (Article 571) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571. 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: 第五百七十一条 (Article 571)（送り状の交付義務等） — address `art-571` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十一条（送り状の交付義務等） — (Obligation to Issue Invoice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-571 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571 **第一項** 荷送人は、運送人の請求により、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面（次項において「送り状」という。）を交付しなければならない。 art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1 A shipper must issue a document containing the following information (referred to as an "invoice" in the following paragraph) at the request of a carrier: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 運送品の種類 art-571/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1/item-1 the type of the goods; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 運送品の容積若しくは重量又は包若しくは個品の数及び運送品の記号 art-571/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1/item-2 the volume or weight of the goods or the number of packages or items, and the marks of the goods; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 荷造りの種類 art-571/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1/item-3 the type of packaging; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 荷送人及び荷受人の氏名又は名称 art-571/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1/item-4 the names of the shipper and consignee; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 発送地及び到達地 art-571/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1/item-5 the place of shipment and the destination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の荷送人は、送り状の交付に代えて、法務省令で定めるところにより、運送人の承諾を得て、送り状に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法（電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法であって法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）により提供することができる。この場合において、当該荷送人は、送り状を交付したものとみなす。 art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-2 In lieu of issuing an invoice, the shipper referred to in the preceding paragraph may provide the information that is required to be contained in an invoice by electronic or magnetic means (meaning a means of using an electronic data processing system, or of otherwise employing information and communications technology, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies hereinafter), with the carrier's consent, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, the shipper is deemed to have issued an invoice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-571/par-1: 次項 → 商法 第五百七十一条第二項 (Article 571, paragraph (2)), art-571/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-2 - art-571/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百七十一条第一項 (Article 571, paragraph (1)), art-571/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百七十一条第一項（送り状の交付義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/par-1 - 商法 第五百七十一条第二項（送り状の交付義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-571/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