# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百四十五条 (Article 745)

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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: 第七百四十五条 (Article 745)（荷送人による発航後の解除） — address `art-745`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百四十五条（荷送人による発航後の解除） — (Cancellation of Contract by Shipper After Departure of Ship)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-745</sup>

    **第一項**  発航後においては、荷送人は、他の荷送人及び傭船者の全員の同意を得、かつ、運送賃等及び運送品の陸揚げによって生ずべき損害の額の合計額を支払い、又は相当の担保を供しなければ、個品運送契約の解除をすることができない。
    <sup>art-745/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-745/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-745/par-1</sup>
    After the departure of a ship, a shipper may not cancel a contract for the carriage of goods in a general ship unless the shipper obtains consent from all other shippers and the charterer, and either pays the total sum of the amount of freight charges and other receivables and the amount of damage that will arise from the discharge of goods or provides reasonable security.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 商法 第七百五十四条第一項（全部航海傭船契約の傭船者による発航後の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-754/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-754/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

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## 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
