# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十四条 (Article 584) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584. 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: 第五百八十四条 (Article 584)（運送人の責任の消滅） — address `art-584` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百八十四条（運送人の責任の消滅） — (Extinguishment of Carrier's Liability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-584 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584 **第一項** 運送品の損傷又は一部滅失についての運送人の責任は、荷受人が異議をとどめないで運送品を受け取ったときは、消滅する。ただし、運送品に直ちに発見することができない損傷又は一部滅失があった場合において、荷受人が引渡しの日から二週間以内に運送人に対してその旨の通知を発したときは、この限りでない。 art-584/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-1 A carrier ceases to be liable for damage or partial loss of goods if the consignee receives the goods without raising any objection; provided, however, that this does not apply if the goods have incurred damage or a partial loss that cannot be immediately discovered, and the consignee notifies the carrier of this within two weeks from the date of delivery. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、運送品の引渡しの当時、運送人がその運送品に損傷又は一部滅失があることを知っていたときは、適用しない。 art-584/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the carrier, at the time of delivering the goods, knows of the damage or partial loss they have incurred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 運送人が更に第三者に対して運送を委託した場合において、荷受人が第一項ただし書の期間内に運送人に対して同項ただし書の通知を発したときは、運送人に対する第三者の責任に係る同項ただし書の期間は、運送人が当該通知を受けた日から二週間を経過する日まで延長されたものとみなす。 art-584/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-3 If a carrier entrusts a third party with transportation, and a consignee issues notice to the carrier as referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1) within the period referred to in the proviso to that paragraph, the period referred to in the proviso to that paragraph concerning a third party's liability to the carrier is deemed to have been extended to the final day in the two-week period that begins on the day on which the carrier received the notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-584/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百八十四条第一項 (Article 584, paragraph (1)), art-584/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-1 - art-584/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 第五百八十四条第一項 (Article 584, paragraph (1)), art-584/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百八十四条第二項（運送人の責任の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-2 - 商法 第五百八十四条第三項（運送人の責任の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-584/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-584/par-3 - 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 第五百九十三条第二項（引渡しを受けていない手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-2 --- ## 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