# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百九十二条 (Article 592) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592. 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: 第五百九十二条 (Article 592)（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — address `art-592` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十二条（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — (Carrier Liability for Baggage Handed Over to It) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-592 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592 **第一項** 運送人は、旅客から引渡しを受けた手荷物については、運送賃を請求しないときであっても、物品運送契約における運送人と同一の責任を負う。 art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-1 A carrier has the same liability as a carrier that is under a freight transportation contract with regard to the baggage that passengers have handed over to the carrier, even if the carrier does not claim any special freight charges for it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運送人の被用者は、前項に規定する手荷物について、物品運送契約における運送人の被用者と同一の責任を負う。 art-592/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-2 A carrier's employee has the same liability as the employee of a carrier that is under a freight transportation contract, as it concerns the baggage provided for in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する手荷物が到達地に到着した日から一週間以内に旅客がその引渡しを請求しないときは、運送人は、その手荷物を供託し、又は相当の期間を定めて催告をした後に競売に付することができる。この場合において、運送人がその手荷物を供託し、又は競売に付したときは、遅滞なく、旅客に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-3 If a passenger does not seek to have the baggage prescribed in paragraph (1) handed over within one week from the day on which the baggage arrives at the destination, a carrier may deposit the baggage with an official depository or may put it up for auction after issuing a notice for the passenger to seek to have it handed over within a reasonable period of time. In this case, once the carrier deposits the baggage with an official depository or puts it up for auction, the carrier must notify the passenger of this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a passenger does not seek to have the baggage prescribed in paragraph (1) handed over within one week from the day on which the baggage arrives at the destination, a carrier may deposit the baggage with an official depositary or may put it up for auction after issuing a notice for the passenger to seek to have it handed over within a reasonable period of time. In this case, once the carrier deposits the baggage with an official depository or puts it up for auction, the carrier must notify the passenger of this without delay." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第四項** 損傷その他の事由による価格の低落のおそれがある手荷物は、前項の催告をしないで競売に付することができる。 art-592/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-4 If the price of baggage is likely to decline for reasons such as damage, the carrier may put it up for auction without issuing the notice referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定により手荷物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に充当することを妨げない。 art-592/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-5 If a carrier puts baggage up for auction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the carrier must deposit the proceeds from the auction; provided, however, that this does not preclude the carrier from allocating all or part of the proceeds to cover the freight charges. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 旅客の住所又は居所が知れないときは、第三項の催告及び通知は、することを要しない。 art-592/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-6 If a passenger's domicile or residence is unknown, the carrier is not required to issue the notice or notify the passenger as referred to in paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-592/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第一項 (Article 592, paragraph (1)), art-592/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-1 - art-592/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第一項 (Article 592, paragraph (1)), art-592/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-1 - art-592/par-4: 前項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第三項 (Article 592, paragraph (3)), art-592/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-3 - art-592/par-5: 前二項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第三項 (Article 592, paragraph (3)), art-592/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-3 - art-592/par-5: 前二項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第四項 (Article 592, paragraph (4)), art-592/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-4 - art-592/par-6: 第三項 → 商法 第五百九十二条第三項 (Article 592, paragraph (3)), art-592/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百九十二条第二項（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-2 - 商法 第五百九十二条第三項（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-3 - 商法 第五百九十二条第四項（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-4 - 商法 第五百九十二条第五項（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-5 - 商法 第五百九十二条第六項（引渡しを受けた手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-592/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-592/par-6 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - 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 (商法), Article 592, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), 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