# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百十九条 (Article 819)

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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: 第八百十九条 (Article 819)（貨物保険の保険価額） — address `art-819`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百十九条（貨物保険の保険価額） — (Insured Value Under Cargo Insurance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-819 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-819 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-819</sup>

  **第一項**  貨物を保険の目的物とする海上保険契約（以下この章において「貨物保険契約」という。）については、その船積みがされた地及び時における当該貨物の価額、運送賃並びに保険に関する費用の合計額を保険価額とする。
  <sup>art-819/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-819/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-819/par-1</sup>
  Under a marine insurance policy that covers cargo as the insured property (hereinafter referred to as a "cargo insurance policy" in this Chapter), the total sum of the value of the cargo at the place and time of loading, the freight charges, and the costs for insurance constitutes the insured value.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 地方税法 第七十二条の二十四の二第三項第二号（収入割の課税標準の算定の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-24-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-24-2/par-3/item-2

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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
