# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百十二条 (Article 612)

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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: 第六百十二条 (Article 612)（寄託物の返還の制限） — address `art-612`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-612
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### 第六百十二条（寄託物の返還の制限） — (Restrictions on Return of Bailed Goods)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-612 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-612 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-612</sup>

    **第一項**  当事者が寄託物の保管期間を定めなかったときは、倉庫営業者は、寄託物の入庫の日から六箇月を経過した後でなければ、その返還をすることができない。ただし、やむを得ない事由があるときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-612/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-612/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-612/par-1</sup>
    If the parties do not specify a storage period, the warehouse operator may not return the bailed goods until after six months have passed since the day on which the bailed goods were placed in the warehouse facility; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are compelling reasons.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the parties do not specify a storage period, the warehouse may not return the bailed goods until after six months have passed since the day on which the bailed goods were placed in the warehouse facility; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are compelling reasons." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

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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 612, 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