# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十三条 (Article 583)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第五百八十三条 (Article 583) — address `art-583`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-583
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### 第五百八十三条
<sup>art-583 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-583 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-583</sup>

    **第一項**  前条の規定は、荷受人が運送品の受取を拒み、又はこれを受け取ることができない場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中「運送人が」とあるのは「運送人が、荷受人に対し相当の期間を定めて運送品の受取を催告し、かつ、その期間の経過後に」と、同条第五項中「荷送人」とあるのは「荷送人及び荷受人」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-583/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-583/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-583/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a consignee refuses to receive or is unable to receive goods. In this case, the phrase "if the carrier demands that" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "if the carrier demands that the consignee receive goods within a reasonable period of time, and after the expiration of that period "; and the term "shipper" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "shipper and consignee".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-583/par-1: 前条 → 商法 第五百八十二条 (Article 582), art-582 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582
- art-583/par-1: 同条第二項 → 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-583/par-1: 同条第五項 → 商法 第五百八十二条第五項 (Article 582, paragraph (5)), art-582/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-582/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-582/par-5

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## 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