# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百十一条 (Article 811)

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- 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: 第八百十一条 (Article 811)（共同海損を分担すべき者の責任） — address `art-811`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百十一条（共同海損を分担すべき者の責任） — (Liability of Persons Required to Share General Average)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-811 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-811 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-811</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の規定により共同海損を分担すべき者は、船舶の到達（同条第一項第二号又は第四号に掲げる者にあっては、積荷の陸揚げ）の時に現存する価額の限度においてのみ、その責任を負う。
  <sup>art-811/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-811/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-811/par-1</sup>
  Persons that are required to share a general average pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article are liable to do so only up to the value that actually exists at the time of the arrival of the ship (or the time of discharge of the cargo, in the case of the person set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iv) of that Article).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-811/par-1: 前条 → 商法 第八百十条 (Article 810), art-810 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-810 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810
- art-811/par-1: 同条第一項第二号 → 商法 第八百十条第一項第二号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-810/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2
- art-811/par-1: 第四号 → 商法 第八百十条第一項第四号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-810/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4

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## 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