# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百四十一条 (Article 741) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741. 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: 第七百四十一条 (Article 741)（荷受人の運送賃支払義務等） — address `art-741` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十一条（荷受人の運送賃支払義務等） — (Consignee's Obligation to Pay Freight Charges) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-741 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741 **第一項** 荷受人は、運送品を受け取ったときは、個品運送契約又は船荷証券の趣旨に従い、運送人に対し、次に掲げる金額の合計額（以下この節において「運送賃等」という。）を支払う義務を負う。 art-741/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741/par-1 Once a consignee receives goods, the consignee bears the obligation to pay the total sum of the following amounts (hereinafter referred to as the "freight charges and other receivables" in this Section) to the carrier, in accordance with the purport of the contract for the carriage of goods in a general ship or bill of lading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 運送賃、付随の費用及び立替金の額 art-741/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741/par-1/item-1 the amount of freight charges, ancillary costs, and money advanced; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 運送品の価格に応じて支払うべき救助料の額及び共同海損の分担額 art-741/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741/par-1/item-2 the amount of salvage charges and the amount of general average contribution payable in proportion to the value of the goods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運送人は、運送賃等の支払を受けるまで、運送品を留置することができる。 art-741/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-741/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741/par-2 A carrier may retain goods until it receives payment for the freight charges and other receivables. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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