# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百二十五条 (Article 825) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825. 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: 第八百二十五条 (Article 825)（予定保険） — address `art-825` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百二十五条（予定保険） — (Provisional Insurance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-825 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825 **第一項** 貨物保険契約において、保険期間、保険金額、保険の目的物、約定保険価額、保険料若しくはその支払の方法、船舶の名称又は貨物の発送地、船積港、陸揚港若しくは到達地（以下この条において「保険期間等」という。）につきその決定の方法を定めたときは、保険法第六条第一項に規定する書面には、保険期間等を記載することを要しない。 art-825/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-1 If a cargo insurance policy specifies how the insurance period, the insured amount, the insured property, the agreed insured value, the insurance premiums or the payment method thereof, the name of the ship, or the place of shipment, port of loading, port of discharge or place of arrival of the cargo (hereinafter referred to as the "details of the policy" in this Article) are decided, it is not required to include the details of the policy in the document prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Act. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a cargo insurance policy specifies how the insurance period, the insured amount, the insured property, the agreed insured value, the insurance premiums or the payment method thereof, the name of the ship, or the place of shipment, port of loading, port of discharge or place of arrival of the cargo (hereinafter referred to as the "details of the policy" in this Article) are decided, it is not require to include the details of the policy in the document prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Act." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第二項** 保険契約者又は被保険者は、前項に規定する場合において、保険期間等が確定したことを知ったときは、遅滞なく、保険者に対し、その旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-825/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when a policyholder or an insured learns that the details of the policy have been finalized, they must notify the insurer of this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 保険契約者又は被保険者が故意又は重大な過失により遅滞なく前項の通知をしなかったときは、貨物保険契約は、その効力を失う。 art-825/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-3 If a policyholder or an insured intentionally or by gross negligence fails to notify the insurer as referred to in the preceding paragraph without delay, the cargo insurance policy ceases to be valid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-825/par-1: この条 → 商法 第八百二十五条 (Article 825), art-825 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825 - art-825/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 - art-825/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第八百二十五条第一項 (Article 825, paragraph (1)), art-825/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-1 - art-825/par-3: 前項 → 商法 第八百二十五条第二項 (Article 825, paragraph (2)), art-825/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第八百二十五条第一項（予定保険） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-1 - 商法 第八百二十五条第二項（予定保険） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-2 - 商法 第八百二十五条第三項（予定保険） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-825/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-825/par-3 --- ## 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 825, paragraph (1) — 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