# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十二条 (Article 582) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582. 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: 第五百八十二条 (Article 582)（運送品の供託及び競売） — address `art-582` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582 - 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. --- ### 第五百八十二条（運送品の供託及び競売） — (Depositing and Auctioning of Goods) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-582 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582 **第一項** 運送人は、荷受人を確知することができないときは、運送品を供託することができる。 art-582/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-1 A carrier may deposit goods with an official depository if the carrier is unable to ascertain the identity of the consignee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、運送人が荷送人に対し相当の期間を定めて運送品の処分につき指図をすべき旨を催告したにもかかわらず、荷送人がその指図をしないときは、運送人は、その運送品を競売に付することができる。 art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the carrier demands that the shipper instruct it as to how to handle the goods within a reasonable period of time but the shipper does not give any such instructions, the carrier may put the goods up for auction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 損傷その他の事由による価格の低落のおそれがある運送品は、前項の催告をしないで競売に付することができる。 art-582/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-3 If the price of goods is likely to decline for reasons such as damage, the carrier may put the goods up for auction without making the demand referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前二項の規定により運送品を競売に付したときは、運送人は、その代価を供託しなければならない。ただし、その代価の全部又は一部を運送賃等に充当することを妨げない。 art-582/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-4 If a carrier puts goods up for auction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the carrier must deposit the proceeds from the auction with an official depository; provided, however, that this does not preclude the carrier from allocating all or part of the proceeds to cover the freight charges and other receivables. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 運送人は、第一項から第三項までの規定により運送品を供託し、又は競売に付したときは、遅滞なく、荷送人に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-582/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-5 Once a carrier deposits goods with an official depository or puts goods up for auction pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3), the carrier must notify the shipper of this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-582/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百八十二条第一項 (Article 582, paragraph (1)), art-582/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-1 - art-582/par-3: 前項 → 商法 第五百八十二条第二項 (Article 582, paragraph (2)), art-582/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-2 - art-582/par-4: 前二項 → 商法 第五百八十二条第二項 (Article 582, paragraph (2)), art-582/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-2 - art-582/par-4: 前二項 → 商法 第五百八十二条第三項 (Article 582, paragraph (3)), art-582/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-3 - art-582/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 商法 第五百八十二条第一項 (Article 582, paragraph (1)), art-582/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-1 - art-582/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 商法 第五百八十二条第二項 (Article 582, paragraph (2)), art-582/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-2 - art-582/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 商法 第五百八十二条第三項 (Article 582, paragraph (3)), art-582/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百八十二条第二項（運送品の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-2 - 商法 第五百八十二条第三項（運送品の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-3 - 商法 第五百八十二条第四項（運送品の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-4 - 商法 第五百八十二条第五項（運送品の供託及び競売） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-5 - 商法 第五百八十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-583/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-583/par-1 - 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