# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百九十七条 (Article 797) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797. 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: 第七百九十七条 (Article 797) — address `art-797` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797 - 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. --- ### 第七百九十七条 art-797 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797 **第一項** 救助に従事した船舶に係る救助料については、その三分の二を船舶所有者に支払い、その三分の一を船員に支払わなければならない。 art-797/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-1 Of the salvage charges payable to a ship engaged in salvage, two-thirds must be paid to the shipowner and one-third must be paid to the mariners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定に反する特約で船員に不利なものは、無効とする。 art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-2 Any special agreement that is incompatible with the provisions of the preceding paragraph and that is disadvantageous to the mariners is void. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、救助料の割合が著しく不相当であるときは、船舶所有者又は船員の一方は、他の一方に対し、その増減を請求することができる。この場合においては、第七百九十三条の規定を準用する。 art-797/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, if the proportion of salvage charges is extremely unreasonable, the shipowner may claim an increase or reduction thereof from the mariners, and vice versa. In this case, the provisions of Article 793 apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 各船員に支払うべき救助料の割合は、救助に従事した船舶の船舶所有者が決定する。この場合においては、前条の規定を準用する。 art-797/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-4 The ratio of salvage charges to be paid to each mariner is determined by the owner of the ship that was engaged in the salvage. In this case, the provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 救助者が救助することを業とする者であるときは、前各項の規定にかかわらず、救助料の全額をその救助者に支払わなければならない。 art-797/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-5 If the salvor is a person that is in the salvage business, the full amount of salvage charges must be paid to the salvor, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-797/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第一項 (Article 797, paragraph (1)), art-797/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-1 - art-797/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第一項 (Article 797, paragraph (1)), art-797/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-1 - art-797/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第二項 (Article 797, paragraph (2)), art-797/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-2 - art-797/par-3: 第七百九十三条 → 商法 第七百九十三条 (Article 793), art-793 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-793 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-793 - art-797/par-4: 前条 → 商法 第七百九十六条 (Article 796), art-796 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-796 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-796 - art-797/par-5: 前各項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第一項 (Article 797, paragraph (1)), art-797/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-1 - art-797/par-5: 前各項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第二項 (Article 797, paragraph (2)), art-797/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-2 - art-797/par-5: 前各項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第三項 (Article 797, paragraph (3)), art-797/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-3 - art-797/par-5: 前各項 → 商法 第七百九十七条第四項 (Article 797, paragraph (4)), art-797/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百九十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-2 - 商法 第七百九十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-3 - 商法 第七百九十七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-797/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-797/par-5 - 商法 第七百九十八条第一項（救助料の割合の案） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-798/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-798/par-1 - 商法 第八百条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-800/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-800/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