# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百五十三条 (Article 753) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753. 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: 第七百五十三条 (Article 753)（全部航海傭船契約の傭船者による発航前の解除） — address `art-753` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百五十三条（全部航海傭船契約の傭船者による発航前の解除） — (Cancellation of Full Charter Contract by Charterer Before Departure of Ship) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-753 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753 **第一項** 発航前においては、全部航海傭船契約（船舶の全部を目的とする航海傭船契約をいう。以下この節において同じ。）の傭船者は、運送賃の全額及び滞船料を支払って全部航海傭船契約の解除をすることができる。ただし、全部航海傭船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及び滞船料を下回るときは、その損害を賠償すれば足りる。 art-753/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-1 Before the departure of a ship, a charterer under a full charter contract (meaning a voyage charter contract that covers the whole of a ship; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) may cancel the full charter contract by paying the full amount of freight charges and demurrage; provided, however, that if the amount of damage caused to a carrier due to the cancellation of a full charter contract falls below the full amount of freight charges and demurrage, it is sufficient for the charterer to compensate for the damage. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Before the departure of a ship, a charterer under a full charter contract (meaning a voyage charter contract that covers the whole of a ship; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) may cancel the full charter contract by paying the full amount of freight charges and the charterage; provided, however, that if the amount of damage caused to a carrier due to the cancellation of a full charter contract falls below the full amount of freight charges and the charterage, it is sufficient for the charterer to compensate for the damage." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第二項** 傭船者は、運送品の全部又は一部の船積みをした後に前項の規定により全部航海傭船契約の解除をしたときは、そ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-753/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-2 If a charterer cancels the full charter contract pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph after goods have been loaded onto the ship in whole or in part, the charterer bears the costs of loading and discharging the goods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 全部航海傭船契約の傭船者が船積期間内に運送品の船積みをしなかったときは、運送人は、その傭船者が全部航海傭船契約の解除をしたものとみなすことができる。 art-753/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-3 If a charterer under a full charter contract fails to load goods onto the ship during the period for loading, the carrier may deem that the charterer has cancelled the full charter contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-753/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百五十三条第一項 (Article 753, paragraph (1)), art-753/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百五十三条第二項（全部航海傭船契約の傭船者による発航前の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-753/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-2 - 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 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - 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 (商法), Article 753, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), 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