# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百六十七条 (Article 767) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767. 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: 第七百六十七条 (Article 767)（二人以上の船荷証券の所持人から請求を受けた場合の供託） — address `art-767` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767 - 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. --- ### 第七百六十七条（二人以上の船荷証券の所持人から請求を受けた場合の供託） — (Depositing Goods If Delivery Is Demanded by Two or More Persons Holding Copies of Bills of Lading) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-767 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767 **第一項** 二人以上の船荷証券の所持人が運送品の引渡しを請求したときは、運送人は、その運送品を供託することができる。運送人が第七百六十五条第一項の規定により運送品の一部を引き渡した後に他の所持人が運送品の引渡しを請求したときにおけるその運送品の残部についても、同様とする。 art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-1 If two or more persons holding copies of bills of lading demand the delivery of goods, the carrier may deposit the goods with an official depository. The same applies to the part of the goods that remains if the carrier delivers part of the goods pursuant to the provisions of Article 765, paragraph (1) to one of the holders and then another holder demands delivery of the goods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運送人は、前項の規定により運送品を供託したときは、遅滞なく、請求をした各所持人に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-767/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-2 Once a carrier deposits goods with an official depository pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the carrier must issue notice of this to each holder who has demanded the delivery of the goods without delay. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Once a carrier deposits goods with an official depository pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the carrier must issue notice of this to each holder who has demanded the delivery of the goods." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第三項** 第一項に規定する場合においては、最も先に発送され、又は引き渡された船荷証券の所持人が他の所持人に優先する。 art-767/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-3 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the holder of the copy of the bill of lading that was sent or delivered first takes precedence over any other holder. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the holder of the copy of the bill of lading that was issued or delivered first takes precedence over any other holder." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb --- ## Cites - art-767/par-1: 第七百六十五条第一項 → 商法 第七百六十五条第一項 (Article 765, paragraph (1)), art-765/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-765/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-765/par-1 - art-767/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百六十七条第一項 (Article 767, paragraph (1)), art-767/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-1 - art-767/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 第七百六十七条第一項 (Article 767, paragraph (1)), art-767/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百六十七条第二項（二人以上の船荷証券の所持人から請求を受けた場合の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/par-2 - 商法 第七百六十七条第三項（二人以上の船荷証券の所持人から請求を受けた場合の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-767/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-767/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 - 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 767, paragraph (2) — 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 (商法), Article 767, paragraph (3) — 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