# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百二十八条 (Article 828) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828. 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: 第八百二十八条 (Article 828)（不可抗力による貨物の売却の場合の塡補責任） — address `art-828` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828 - 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. --- ### 第八百二十八条（不可抗力による貨物の売却の場合の塡補責任） — (Liability to Compensate If the Sale of Cargo Is Due to Force Majeure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-828 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828 **第一項** 航海の途中において不可抗力により保険の目的物である貨物が売却されたときは、保険者は、第一号に掲げる額から第二号に掲げる額を控除した額を塡補する責任を負う。 art-828/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1 If cargo that is the insured property is sold during a voyage due to force majeure, the insurer is liable to compensate for the amount arrived at when the amount set forth in item (ii) is deducted from the amount set forth in item (i): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 保険価額（約定保険価額があるときは、当該約定保険価額） art-828/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1/item-1 the insured value (or the agreed insured value, if specified); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該貨物の売却によって得た代価から運送賃その他の費用を控除した額 art-828/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1/item-2 the amount arrived at when freight charges and other such costs are deducted from the proceeds obtained from the sale of the cargo. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-828/par-1: 第一号 → 商法 第八百二十八条第一項第一号 (Article 828, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-828/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1/item-1 - art-828/par-1: 第二号 → 商法 第八百二十八条第一項第二号 (Article 828, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-828/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第八百二十八条第一項（不可抗力による貨物の売却の場合の塡補責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-828/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-828/par-1 --- ## 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