# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百四十九条 (Article 749) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749. 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: 第七百四十九条 (Article 749)（第三者による船積み） — address `art-749` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十九条（第三者による船積み） — (Loading by Third Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749 **第一項** 船長は、第三者から運送品を受け取るべき場合において、その第三者を確知することができないとき、又はその第三者が運送品の船積みをしないときは、直ちに傭船者に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-749/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749/par-1 If the master is to receive goods from a third party but the identity of the third party cannot be ascertained or the third party does not load goods onto the ship, the master must immediately issue notice of this to the charterer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、傭船者は、船積期間内に限り、運送品の船積みをすることができる。 art-749/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the charterer may load goods onto the ship only within the loading period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-749/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百四十九条第一項 (Article 749, paragraph (1)), art-749/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百四十九条第二項（第三者による船積み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-749/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-749/par-2 --- ## 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