# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百二条 (Article 602)

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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: 第六百二条 (Article 602)（帳簿記載義務） — address `art-602`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-602
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602
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### 第六百二条（帳簿記載義務） — (Obligation to Keep Books)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602</sup>

    **第一項**  倉庫営業者は、倉荷証券を寄託者に交付したときは、その帳簿に次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
    <sup>art-602/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-602/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602/par-1</sup>
    If a warehouse operator issues a warehouse receipt to a bailor, the warehouse operator must enter the following information in its books:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a warehouse issues a warehouse receipt to a bailor, the warehouse must enter the following information in its books:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

      **一**  前条第一号、第二号及び第四号から第六号までに掲げる事項
      <sup>art-602/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-602/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602/par-1/item-1</sup>
      the information set forth in item (i), item (ii), and items (iv) through (vi) of the preceding Article; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  倉荷証券の番号及び作成の年月日
      <sup>art-602/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-602/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602/par-1/item-2</sup>
      the number assigned to the warehouse receipt and the date of its preparation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-602/par-1/item-1: 前条第一号 → 商法 第六百一条第一項第一号 (Article 601, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-601/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-1
- art-602/par-1/item-1: 第二号 → 商法 第六百一条第一項第二号 (Article 601, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-601/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-2
- art-602/par-1/item-1: 第四号から第六号まで → 商法 第六百一条第一項第四号 (Article 601, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-601/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-4
- art-602/par-1/item-1: 第四号から第六号まで → 商法 第六百一条第一項第五号 (Article 601, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-601/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-5
- art-602/par-1/item-1: 第四号から第六号まで → 商法 第六百一条第一項第六号 (Article 601, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-601/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-6

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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 602, paragraph (1) — 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