# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百七十六条 (Article 576) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576. 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: 第五百七十六条 (Article 576)（損害賠償の額） — address `art-576` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十六条（損害賠償の額） — (Amount of Damages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Amount of Damage)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb art-576 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576 **第一項** 運送品の滅失又は損傷の場合における損害賠償の額は、その引渡しがされるべき地及び時における運送品の市場価格（取引所の相場がある物品については、その相場）によって定める。ただし、市場価格がないときは、その地及び時における同種類で同一の品質の物品の正常な価格によって定める。 art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-1 The amount of damages in the event of loss of or damage to goods is determined by the market price of the goods (or by quotations on an exchange, for goods for which this is applicable) at the place and time at which the goods are to be delivered; provided, however, that if there is no market price, this is determined by the normal price of goods of the same type and with the same quality at that place and time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運送品の滅失又は損傷のために支払うことを要しなくなった運送賃その他の費用は、前項の損害賠償の額から控除する。 art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-2 Costs, including freight charges that are no longer payable due to the loss or damage to goods, are deducted from the amount of compensation for loss or damage referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、運送人の故意又は重大な過失によって運送品の滅失又は損傷が生じたときは、適用しない。 art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if the loss or damage to goods arises at the carrier's intention or due to the carrier's gross negligence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-576/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百七十六条第一項 (Article 576, paragraph (1)), art-576/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-1 - art-576/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百七十六条第一項 (Article 576, paragraph (1)), art-576/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-1 - art-576/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百七十六条第二項 (Article 576, paragraph (2)), art-576/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百七十六条第二項（損害賠償の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-2 - 商法 第五百七十六条第三項（損害賠償の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-3 - 商法 第五百八十七条第一項（運送人の不法行為責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-587/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-587/par-1 - 商法 第五百九十三条第二項（引渡しを受けていない手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-2 - 商法 第七百十二条第二項（航海継続のための積荷の使用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-712/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-712/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - 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 (商法), Article 576 — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), 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