# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百五十七条 (Article 757) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757. 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: 第七百五十七条 (Article 757)（船荷証券の交付義務） — address `art-757` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757 - 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. --- ### 第七百五十七条（船荷証券の交付義務） — (Obligation to Issue Bill of Lading) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-757 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757 **第一項** 運送人又は船長は、荷送人又は傭船者の請求により、運送品の船積み後遅滞なく、船積みがあった旨を記載した船荷証券（以下この節において「船積船荷証券」という。）の一通又は数通を交付しなければならない。運送品の船積み前においても、その受取後は、荷送人又は傭船者の請求により、受取があった旨を記載した船荷証券（以下この節において「受取船荷証券」という。）の一通又は数通を交付しなければならない。 art-757/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-1 At the request of a shipper or charterer, a carrier or master, without delay after the loading of goods, must issue one or more copies of a bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded (hereinafter referred to as a "bill of lading for loaded goods" in this Section). Even before the loading of goods, at the request of a shipper or charterer, a carrier or master, after receiving the goods, must issue one or more copies of bill of lading stating that the goods have been received (hereinafter referred to as a "bill of lading for goods received" in this Section). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 受取船荷証券が交付された場合には、受取船荷証券の全部と引換えでなければ、船積船荷証券の交付を請求することができない。 art-757/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-2 If bills of lading for goods received have been issued, a shipper or charterer may not demand to be issued a bill of lading for loaded goods other than in exchange for all copies of the bill of lading for goods received. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、運送品について現に海上運送状が交付されているときは、適用しない。 art-757/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if a sea waybill has been issued for the goods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-757/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百五十七条第一項 (Article 757, paragraph (1)), art-757/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-1 - art-757/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百五十七条第二項 (Article 757, paragraph (2)), art-757/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百五十七条第三項（船荷証券の交付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-757/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-757/par-3 - 商法 第七百六十九条第二項（複合運送証券） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-769/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-769/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