# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百四十三条 (Article 843) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-843. 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: 第八百四十三条 (Article 843)（船舶先取特権の順位） — address `art-843` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-843 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-843 - 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. --- ### 第八百四十三条（船舶先取特権の順位） — (Order of Priority of Statutory Liens on Ships) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-843 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-843 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-843 **第一項** 前条各号に掲げる債権に係る先取特権（以下この章において「船舶先取特権」という。）が互いに競合する場合には、その優先権の順位は、同条各号に掲げる順序に従う。ただし、同条第二号に掲げる債権（救助料に係るものに限る。）に係る船舶先取特権は、その発生の時において既に生じている他の船舶先取特権に優先する。 art-843/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-843/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-843/par-1 If statutory liens based on claims set forth in the items of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "statutory liens on a ship" in this Chapter) are in conflict with each other, the order of priority of those statutory liens follows the order set forth in the items of that Article; provided, however, that a statutory lien on a ship based on the claim set forth in item (ii) of that Article (limited to one for the salvage charges) takes precedence over any other statutory liens on the ship that have arisen earlier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 同一順位の船舶先取特権を有する者が数人あるときは、これらの者は、その債権額の割合に応じて弁済を受ける。ただし、前条第二号から第四号までに掲げる債権にあっては、同一順位の船舶先取特権が同時に生じたものでないときは、後に生じた船舶先取特権が前に生じた船舶先取特権に優先する。 art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-843/par-2 If two or more persons hold statutory liens on a ship which are of the same rank, those persons are paid in proportion to the amount of their claims; provided, however, that for claims set forth in items (ii) through (iv) of the preceding Article, if the statutory liens arise at different times, the one arising later takes precedence over one arising earlier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-843/par-1: 前条 → 商法 第八百四十二条 (Article 842), art-842 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-842 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-842 - art-843/par-1: 同条第二号 → 商法 第八百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 842, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-842/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-842/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-842/par-1/item-2 - art-843/par-2: 前条第二号から第四号まで → 商法 第八百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 842, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-842/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-842/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-842/par-1/item-2 - art-843/par-2: 前条第二号から第四号まで → 商法 第八百四十二条第一項第三号 (Article 842, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-842/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-842/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-842/par-1/item-3 - art-843/par-2: 前条第二号から第四号まで → 商法 第八百四十二条第一項第四号 (Article 842, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-842/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-842/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-842/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第八百二条第二項（積荷等についての先取特権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-802/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-802/par-2 --- ## 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