# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百七十七条 (Article 577) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577. 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: 第五百七十七条 (Article 577)（高価品の特則） — address `art-577` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十七条（高価品の特則） — (Special Provisions for Valuables) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-577 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577 **第一項** 貨幣、有価証券その他の高価品については、荷送人が運送を委託するに当たりその種類及び価額を通知した場合を除き、運送人は、その滅失、損傷又は延着について損害賠償の責任を負わない。 art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-1 A carrier is not liable for damages for loss of, damage to, or delayed arrival of cash, negotiable instruments, or other valuables, unless the shipper notifies the carrier of the type and value of the items in entrusting the carrier with transporting them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、次に掲げる場合には、適用しない。 art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 物品運送契約の締結の当時、運送品が高価品であることを運送人が知っていたとき。 art-577/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-2/item-1 if the carrier knew that the goods were valuables when concluding the freight transportation contract; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 運送人の故意又は重大な過失によって高価品の滅失、損傷又は延着が生じたとき。 art-577/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-2/item-2 if the loss of, damage to, or delay in the arrival of valuables 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-577/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百七十七条第一項 (Article 577, paragraph (1)), art-577/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百六十四条第一項（物品運送に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-564/par-1 - 商法 第五百七十七条第二項（高価品の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577/par-2 - 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 第八百九条第三項第一号（共同海損となる損害又は費用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-809/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-809/par-3/item-1 --- ## 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