# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百六十四条 (Article 564)

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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
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- Provision: 第五百六十四条 (Article 564)（物品運送に関する規定の準用） — address `art-564`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百六十四条（物品運送に関する規定の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions on Transportation of Goods)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-564 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-564 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-564</sup>

  **第一項**  第五百七十二条、第五百七十七条、第五百七十九条（第三項を除く。）、第五百八十一条、第五百八十五条、第五百八十六条、第五百八十七条（第五百七十七条及び第五百八十五条の規定の準用に係る部分に限る。）及び第五百八十八条の規定は、運送取扱営業について準用する。この場合において、第五百七十九条第二項中「前の運送人」とあるのは「前の運送取扱人又は運送人」と、第五百八十五条第一項中「運送品の引渡し」とあるのは「荷受人に対する運送品の引渡し」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-564/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 572, Article 577, Article 579 (excluding paragraph (3)), Article 581, Article 585, Article 586, Article 587 (limited to the parts concerning the application mutatis mutandis of the provisions of Article 577 and 585), and Article 588 apply mutatis mutandis to the freight forwarding business. In this case, the term "preceding carrier" in Article 579, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "preceding freight forwarder or carrier," and the phrase "goods are delivered" in Article 585, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "goods are delivered to the consignee.".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-564/par-1: 第五百七十二条 → 商法 第五百七十二条 (Article 572), art-572 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-572 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-572
- art-564/par-1: 第五百七十七条 → 商法 第五百七十七条 (Article 577), art-577 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-577 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-577
- art-564/par-1: 第五百七十九条 → 商法 第五百七十九条 (Article 579), art-579 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579
- art-564/par-1: 第三項 → 商法 第五百七十九条第三項 (Article 579, paragraph (3)), art-579/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-3
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十一条 → 商法 第五百八十一条 (Article 581), art-581 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-581 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-581
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十五条 → 商法 第五百八十五条 (Article 585), art-585 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十六条 → 商法 第五百八十六条 (Article 586), art-586 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-586 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-586
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十七条 → 商法 第五百八十七条 (Article 587), art-587 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-587 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-587
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十八条 → 商法 第五百八十八条 (Article 588), art-588 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-588 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-588
- art-564/par-1: 第五百七十九条第二項 → 商法 第五百七十九条第二項 (Article 579, paragraph (2)), art-579/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-2
- art-564/par-1: 第五百八十五条第一項 → 商法 第五百八十五条第一項 (Article 585, paragraph (1)), art-585/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-1

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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