# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百三十条 (Article 530)

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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: 第五百三十条 (Article 530)（商業証券に係る債権債務に関する特則） — address `art-530`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-530
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### 第五百三十条（商業証券に係る債権債務に関する特則） — (Special Provisions on Claims and Obligations Arising from Commercial Instruments)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-530 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-530 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-530</sup>

  **第一項**  手形その他の商業証券から生じた債権及び債務を交互計算に組み入れた場合において、その商業証券の債務者が弁済をしないときは、当事者は、その債務に関する項目を交互計算から除外することができる。
  <sup>art-530/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-530/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-530/par-1</sup>
  If claims and obligations arising from bills and notes and other commercial instruments are included in an open account, and the obligor of a commercial instrument does not perform its obligation, the parties may exclude the item that concerns that obligation from the open account.
  <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