# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百四十条 (Article 740) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740. 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: 第七百四十条 (Article 740)（違法な船積品の陸揚げ等） — address `art-740` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十条（違法な船積品の陸揚げ等） — (Discharge of Illegal Goods Loaded Onto Ship) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-740 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740 **第一項** 法令に違反して又は個品運送契約によらないで船積みがされた運送品については、運送人は、いつでも、これを陸揚げすることができ、船舶又は積荷に危害を及ぼすおそれがあるときは、これを放棄することができる。 art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-1 A carrier, at any time, may discharge goods that have been loaded onto the ship in violation of laws and regulations or not in accordance with a contract for the carriage of goods in a general ship, and may abandon these goods if they are likely to harm the ship or other cargo. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運送人は、前項に規定する運送品を運送したときは、船積みがされた地及び時における同種の運送品に係る運送賃の最高額を請求することができる。 art-740/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-2 If a carrier has transported cargo provided for in the preceding paragraph, it may claim the maximum amount of freight charges for the same type of goods at the place and time of loading. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、運送人その他の利害関係人の荷送人に対する損害賠償の請求を妨げない。 art-740/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude a carrier or other interested person from claiming compensation against a shipper for loss or damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-740/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百四十条第一項 (Article 740, paragraph (1)), art-740/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-1 - art-740/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百四十条第一項 (Article 740, paragraph (1)), art-740/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-1 - art-740/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百四十条第二項 (Article 740, paragraph (2)), art-740/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百七条第一項（運送及び船舶賃貸借に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-707/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-707/par-1 - 商法 第七百四十条第二項（違法な船積品の陸揚げ等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-2 - 商法 第七百四十条第三項（違法な船積品の陸揚げ等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-740/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740/par-3 - 商法 第七百五十六条第一項（個品運送契約に関する規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-1 --- ## 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