# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百七十四条 (Article 574)

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- 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: 第五百七十四条 (Article 574)（運送人の留置権） — address `art-574`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-574
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-574
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### 第五百七十四条（運送人の留置権） — (Carrier's Right of Retention)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-574 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-574 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-574</sup>

    **第一項**  運送人は、運送品に関して受け取るべき運送賃、付随の費用及び立替金（以下この節において「運送賃等」という。）についてのみ、その弁済を受けるまで、その運送品を留置することができる。
    <sup>art-574/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-574/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-574/par-1</sup>
    A carrier may retain goods only against the freight charges, ancillary costs, and money advanced receivable for the goods (hereinafter referred to as "freight charges and other receivables" in this Section), until the carrier is paid for these in full.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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