# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十条 (Article 580) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-580. 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: 第五百八十条 (Article 580)（荷送人による運送の中止等の請求） — address `art-580` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-580 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-580 - 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. --- ### 第五百八十条（荷送人による運送の中止等の請求） — (Shipper's Request for Discontinuation of Transportation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-580 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-580 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-580 **第一項** 荷送人は、運送人に対し、運送の中止、荷受人の変更その他の処分を請求することができる。この場合において、運送人は、既にした運送の割合に応じた運送賃、付随の費用、立替金及びその処分によって生じた費用の弁済を請求することができる。 art-580/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-580/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-580/par-1 A shipper may request a carrier to take measures such as discontinuing transportation or changing the consignee. In this case, a carrier may demand payment of freight charges, ancillary costs, money advanced, and costs incurred for the measures, in proportion to the transportation already completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百六十八条第一項（船荷証券が作成された場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-768/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-768/par-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