# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百四十三条 (Article 743) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743. 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: 第七百四十三条 (Article 743)（荷送人による発航前の解除） — address `art-743` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十三条（荷送人による発航前の解除） — (Cancellation of Contract by Shipper Before Departure of Ship) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-743 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743 **第一項** 発航前においては、荷送人は、運送賃の全額を支払って個品運送契約の解除をすることができる。ただし、個品運送契約の解除によって運送人に生ずる損害の額が運送賃の全額を下回るときは、その損害を賠償すれば足りる。 art-743/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743/par-1 Before the departure of a ship, a shipper may cancel a contract for the carriage of goods in a general ship by paying the full amount of freight charges; provided, however, that if the amount of damage caused to a carrier due to the cancellation of a contract for the carriage of goods in a general ship falls below the full amount of freight charges, it is sufficient for the shipper to compensate for that damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、運送品の全部又は一部の船積みがされた場合には、他の荷送人及び傭船者の全員の同意を得たときに限り、適用する。この場合において、荷送人は、運送品の船積み及び陸揚げに要する費用を負担しなければならない。 art-743/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743/par-2 If the goods have been fully or partially loaded onto a ship, the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply only if the shipper obtains consent from all other shippers and the charterer. In this case, the shipper must bear the costs incurred for loading and discharging the goods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-743/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百四十三条第一項 (Article 743, paragraph (1)), art-743/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百四十三条第二項（荷送人による発航前の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-743/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743/par-2 - 商法 第七百四十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-744/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-744/par-1 - 商法 第七百五十五条第一項（一部航海傭船契約の解除への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-755/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-755/par-1 - 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