# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五章 (Part 2, Chapter 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/pt-2/ch-5. 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: 第五章 (Part 2, Chapter 5) — address `pt-2/ch-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/pt-2/ch-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/pt-2/ch-5 - 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. --- ## 第五章　仲立営業 — Chapter V Brokerage Business heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/pt-2/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/pt-2/ch-5 ### 第五百四十三条（定義） — (Definition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-543 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-543 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-543 **第一項** この章において「仲立人」とは、他人間の商行為の媒介をすることを業とする者をいう。 art-543/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-543/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-543/par-1 The term "broker" as used in this Chapter means a person in the business of brokering commercial transactions between other persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百四十四条（当事者のために給付を受けることの制限） — (Restriction on Receiving Performance on Behalf of Parties) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-544 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-544 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-544 **第一項** 仲立人は、その媒介により成立させた行為について、当事者のために支払その他の給付を受けることができない。ただし、当事者の別段の意思表示又は別段の慣習があるときは、この限りでない。 art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-544/par-1 A broker may not receive a payment or other such performance on a party's behalf for an act that the broker has formed and effected through its brokerage; provided, however, that this does not apply if a party manifests a different intention or if custom dictates otherwise. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百四十五条（見本保管義務） — (Obligation to Retain Samples) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-545 **第一項** 仲立人がその媒介に係る行為について見本を受け取ったときは、その行為が完了するまで、これを保管しなければならない。 art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-545/par-1 If a broker receives a sample in connection with an act that is subject to the brokerage, the broker must retain the sample until the act is completed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百四十六条（結約書の交付義務等） — (Obligation to Deliver Transaction Brokerage Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-546 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546 **第一項** 当事者間において媒介に係る行為が成立したときは、仲立人は、遅滞なく、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面（以下この章において「結約書」という。）を作成し、かつ、署名し、又は記名押印した後、これを各当事者に交付しなければならない。 art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 Once an act subject to brokerage is formed and effected between the parties, the broker, without delay, must prepare documents containing the following information (hereinafter referred to as "transaction brokerage notice" in this Chapter), and deliver those notices to the parties after affixing the broker's signature or name and seal to them: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 各当事者の氏名又は名称 art-546/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1/item-1 the name of each party; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該行為の年月日及びその要領 art-546/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1/item-2 the date and an outline of the act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、当事者が直ちに履行をすべきときを除き、仲立人は、各当事者に結約書に署名させ、又は記名押印させた後、これをその相手方に交付しなければならない。 art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, unless the parties are required to perform their obligations immediately, the broker must have each party sign or affix its name and seal to one set of the transaction brokerage notice, and must deliver this to the other party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、当事者の一方が結約書を受領せず、又はこれに署名若しくは記名押印をしないときは、仲立人は、遅滞なく、相手方に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。 art-546/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if one of the parties will not receive the transaction brokerage notices or does not sign or affix its name and seal to them, the broker must notify the other party of this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百四十七条（帳簿記載義務等） — (Obligation to Keep Books) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-547 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547 **第一項** 仲立人は、その帳簿に前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。 art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547/par-1 A broker must enter the information set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in its books. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者は、いつでも、仲立人がその媒介により当該当事者のために成立させた行為について、前項の帳簿の謄本の交付を請求することができる。 art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547/par-2 A party may at any time request a broker to issue a certified copy of the books referred to in the preceding paragraph regarding an act that the broker has formed and effected through brokerage on the party's behalf. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A party may request a broker to issue a certified copy of the books referred to in the preceding paragraph regarding an act that the broker has formed and effected through brokerage on the party's behalf." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb ### 第五百四十八条（当事者の氏名等を相手方に示さない場合） — (Cases in Which Broker May Not Disclose Party's Name to Other Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-548 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-548 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-548 **第一項** 当事者がその氏名又は名称を相手方に示してはならない旨を仲立人に命じたときは、仲立人は、結約書及び前条第二項の謄本にその氏名又は名称を記載することができない。 art-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-548/par-1 If a party orders a broker not to disclose its name to the other party, the broker may not enter that party's name in the transaction brokerage notice or in the certified copy referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百四十九条 art-549 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-549 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-549 **第一項** 仲立人は、当事者の一方の氏名又は名称をその相手方に示さなかったときは、当該相手方に対して自ら履行をする責任を負う。 art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-549/par-1 If a broker does not disclose a party's name to another party, the broker is personally liable for performance to that other party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五百五十条（仲立人の報酬） — (Broker's Remuneration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-550 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-550 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-550 **第一項** 仲立人は、第五百四十六条の手続を終了した後でなければ、報酬を請求することができない。 art-550/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-550/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-550/par-1 A broker may not claim remuneration until completing the process referred to in Article 546. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 仲立人の報酬は、当事者双方が等しい割合で負担する。 art-550/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-550/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-550/par-2 A broker's remuneration is borne equally by the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-546/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第一項 (Article 546, paragraph (1)), art-546/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 - art-546/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第一項 (Article 546, paragraph (1)), art-546/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 - art-546/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第二項 (Article 546, paragraph (2)), art-546/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-2 - art-547/par-1: 前条第一項 → 商法 第五百四十六条第一項 (Article 546, paragraph (1)), art-546/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546/par-1 - art-547/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百四十七条第一項 (Article 547, paragraph (1)), art-547/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547/par-1 - art-548/par-1: 前条第二項 → 商法 第五百四十七条第二項 (Article 547, paragraph (2)), art-547/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-547/par-2 - art-550/par-1: 第五百四十六条 → 商法 第五百四十六条 (Article 546), art-546 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-546 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-546 --- ## 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 547, paragraph (2) — 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