# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百十六条 (Article 516)

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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: 第五百十六条 (Article 516)（債務の履行の場所） — address `art-516`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-516
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### 第五百十六条（債務の履行の場所） — (Place for Performance of Obligations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-516 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-516 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-516</sup>

  **第一項**  商行為によって生じた債務の履行をすべき場所がその行為の性質又は当事者の意思表示によって定まらないときは、特定物の引渡しはその行為の時にその物が存在した場所において、その他の債務の履行は債権者の現在の営業所（営業所がない場合にあっては、その住所）において、それぞれしなければならない。
  <sup>art-516/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-516/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-516/par-1</sup>
  If the place where an obligation arising from a commercial transaction is to be performed cannot be specified owing to the nature of the transaction or the manifestation of the intentions of the parties, the delivery of a specific thing must be effected at the place where the thing is at the time of the transaction, and any other obligation must be performed at the current place of business of the obligee (or at the obligee's domicile, if the obligee has no place of business).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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