# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十一条 (Article 581) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581. 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: 第五百八十一条 (Article 581)（荷受人の権利義務等） — address `art-581` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581 - 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. --- ### 第五百八十一条（荷受人の権利義務等） — (Rights and Obligations of Consignees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-581 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581 **第一項** 荷受人は、運送品が到達地に到着し、又は運送品の全部が滅失したときは、物品運送契約によって生じた荷送人の権利と同一の権利を取得する。 art-581/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581/par-1 Once the goods arrive at the destination, or if all of the goods are lost, the consignee acquires the same rights as those of the shipper that have arisen based on a freight transportation contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、荷受人が運送品の引渡し又はその損害賠償の請求をしたときは、荷送人は、その権利を行使することができない。 art-581/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the consignee seeks the delivery of goods or files a claim for damage to goods, the shipper may not exercise those rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 荷受人は、運送品を受け取ったときは、運送人に対し、運送賃等を支払う義務を負う。 art-581/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581/par-3 Once a consignee receives goods, the consignee bears the obligation to pay freight charges and other receivables to the carrier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-581/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百八十一条第一項 (Article 581, paragraph (1)), art-581/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581/par-1 ## Cited by 3 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 第五百八十一条第二項（荷受人の権利義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-581/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581/par-2 - 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