# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百九十三条 (Article 593)

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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
- 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: 第五百九十三条 (Article 593)（引渡しを受けていない手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — address `art-593`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593
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### 第五百九十三条（引渡しを受けていない手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — (Carrier Liability for Baggage Not Handed Over to It)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593</sup>

    **第一項**  運送人は、旅客から引渡しを受けていない手荷物（身の回り品を含む。）の滅失又は損傷については、故意又は過失がある場合を除き、損害賠償の責任を負わない。
    <sup>art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-1</sup>
    A carrier is not liable to compensate for loss or damage arising as a result of loss or damage to the baggage that a passenger has not handed over to the carrier (including a passenger's personal belongings), unless the carrier has intentionally or negligently caused the loss or damage.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  第五百七十六条第一項及び第三項、第五百八十四条第一項、第五百八十五条第一項及び第二項、第五百八十七条（第五百七十六条第一項及び第三項、第五百八十四条第一項並びに第五百八十五条第一項及び第二項の規定の準用に係る部分に限る。）並びに第五百八十八条の規定は、運送人が前項に規定する手荷物の滅失又は損傷に係る損害賠償の責任を負う場合について準用する。この場合において、第五百七十六条第一項中「その引渡しがされるべき」とあるのは「その運送が終了すべき」と、第五百八十四条第一項中「荷受人が異議をとどめないで運送品を受け取った」とあるのは「旅客が運送の終了の時までに異議をとどめなかった」と、「荷受人が引渡しの日」とあるのは「旅客が運送の終了の日」と、第五百八十五条第一項中「運送品の引渡しがされた日（運送品の全部滅失の場合にあっては、その引渡しがされるべき日）」とあるのは「運送の終了の日」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-2</sup>
    The provisions of Article 576, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 584, paragraph (1), Article 585, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 587 (limited to the parts concerning the application mutatis mutandis of the provisions of Article 576, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 584, paragraph (1), and Article 585, paragraphs (1) and (2)), and Article 588 apply mutatis mutandis if a carrier is liable to compensate for loss or damage that arises as a result of loss or damage to baggage as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. In this case: in Article 576, paragraph (1), the phrase "the goods are to be delivered" is deemed to be replaced with "the transportation is to be completed"; in Article 584, paragraph (1), the phrase "the consignee receives the goods without raising any objection" is deemed to be replaced with "the passenger has not raised any objection by the time of completion of transportation", and the phrase "the consignee notifies the carrier of this within two weeks from the date of delivery " is deemed to be replaced with "the passenger notifies the carrier of this within two weeks from the date of completion of transportation"; and in Article 585, paragraph (1), the phrase "the day on which the goods are delivered (or, in the event of a total loss of goods, the day on which the goods should have been delivered)" is deemed to be replaced with "the day of completion of transportation".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 576, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 584, paragraph (1), Article 585, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 587 (limited to the parts concerning the application mutatis mutandis of the provisions of Article 576, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 584, paragraph (1), and Article 585, paragraphs (1) and (2)), and Article 588 apply mutatis mutandis if a carrier is liable to compensate for loss or damage that arises as a result of loss or damage to baggage as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. In this case: in Article 576, paragraph (1), the phrase "the goods should have been delivered" is deemed to be replaced with "the transportation should have been completed"; in Article 584, paragraph (1), the phrase "the consignee receives the goods without raising any objection" is deemed to be replaced with "the passenger has not raised any objection by the time of completion of transportation", and the phrase "the consignee notifies the carrier of this within two weeks from the date of delivery " is deemed to be replaced with "the passenger notifies the carrier of this within two weeks from the date of completion of transportation"; and in Article 585, paragraph (1), the phrase "the day on which the goods are delivered (or, in the event of a total loss of goods, the day on which the goods should have been delivered)" is deemed to be replaced with "the day of completion of transportation"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-593/par-2: 第五百七十六条第一項 → 商法 第五百七十六条第一項 (Article 576, paragraph (1)), art-576/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-1
- art-593/par-2: 第三項 → 商法 第五百七十六条第三項 (Article 576, paragraph (3)), art-576/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-576/par-3
- art-593/par-2: 第五百八十四条第一項 → 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
- art-593/par-2: 第五百八十五条第一項 → 商法 第五百八十五条第一項 (Article 585, paragraph (1)), art-585/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-585/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-1
- art-593/par-2: 第二項 → 商法 第五百八十五条第二項 (Article 585, paragraph (2)), art-585/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-585/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-2
- art-593/par-2: 第五百八十七条 → 商法 第五百八十七条 (Article 587), art-587 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-587 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-587
- art-593/par-2: 第五百八十八条 → 商法 第五百八十八条 (Article 588), art-588 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-588 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-588
- art-593/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百九十三条第一項 (Article 593, paragraph (1)), art-593/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## 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 593, paragraph (2) — 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