# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百二十一条 (Article 821)

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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: 第八百二十一条 (Article 821)（契約締結時に交付すべき書面の記載事項） — address `art-821`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-821
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-821
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### 第八百二十一条（契約締結時に交付すべき書面の記載事項） — (Information Contained in Documents to Be Delivered upon Conclusion of Policy)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-821 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-821 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-821</sup>

  **第一項**  保険者が海上保険契約を締結した場合においては、保険法第六条第一項に規定する書面には、同項各号に掲げる事項のほか、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める事項を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-821/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-821/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-821/par-1</sup>
  If an insurer enters into a marine insurance policy, it must include the information specified in the following items for the categories set forth in those items in the document prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Act, in addition to the information set forth in the items of that paragraph:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  船舶保険契約を締結した場合　船舶の名称、国籍、種類、船質、総トン数、建造の年及び航行区域（一の航海について船舶保険契約を締結した場合にあっては、発航港及び到達港（寄航港の定めがあるときは、その港を含む。））並びに船舶所有者の氏名又は名称
    <sup>art-821/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-821/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-821/par-1/item-1</sup>
    if it enters into a ship insurance policy:the name, nationality, type, materials, total tonnage, year of construction, and navigation area (if a ship insurance policy is concluded for a single voyage, the port of departure and the port of arrival (including a port of call, if any is specified)) of the ship, as well as the name of the shipowner; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if it enters into a ship insurance policy:the name, nationality, type, materials, total tonnage, year of construction, and navigation area (if a ship insurance policy is concluded for a single voyage, the port of departure and the port of arrival (including a port of call, if any is specified) of the ship, as well as the name of the shipowner; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

    **二**  貨物保険契約を締結した場合　船舶の名称並びに貨物の発送地、船積港、陸揚港及び到達地
    <sup>art-821/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-821/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-821/par-1/item-2</sup>
    if it enters into a cargo insurance policy:the name of the ship, as well as the place of shipment, the port of loading, the port of discharge, and the destination of the cargo.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-821/par-1: 保険法第六条第一項 → e-Gov law 420AC0000000056, 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — not held in this collection

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## 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 821, paragraph (1), item (i) — 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