# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百七十九条 (Article 579) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579. 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: 第五百七十九条 (Article 579)（相次運送人の権利義務） — address `art-579` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百七十九条（相次運送人の権利義務） — (Rights and Obligations of Successive Carriers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-579 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579 **第一項** 数人の運送人が相次いで陸上運送をするときは、後の運送人は、前の運送人に代わってその権利を行使する義務を負う。 art-579/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-1 If two or more carriers transport goods or passengers over land in succession, the second or subsequent carrier bears the obligation to exercise the rights of the previous carrier on its behalf. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、後の運送人が前の運送人に弁済をしたときは、後の運送人は、前の運送人の権利を取得する。 art-579/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the subsequent carrier pays the preceding carrier in full, the subsequent carrier acquires the rights of the previous carrier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** ある運送人が引き受けた陸上運送についてその荷送人のために他の運送人が相次いで当該陸上運送の一部を引き受けたときは、各運送人は、運送品の滅失等につき連帯して損害賠償の責任を負う。 art-579/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-3 If, for the benefit of a shipper, a second carrier, in succession, undertakes a part of the land transportation that a first carrier has undertaken, these carriers are jointly and severally liable to compensate for loss or damage arising as a result of loss, damage, or delay. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If, for the benefit of a consignee, a second carrier, in succession, undertakes a part of the land transportation that a first carrier has undertaken, these carriers are jointly and severally liable to compensate for loss or damage arising as a result of loss, damage, or delay." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第四項** 前三項の規定は、海上運送及び航空運送について準用する。 art-579/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to marine transportation and air transportation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-579/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第五百七十九条第一項 (Article 579, paragraph (1)), art-579/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-1 - art-579/par-4: 前三項 → 商法 第五百七十九条第一項 (Article 579, paragraph (1)), art-579/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-1 - art-579/par-4: 前三項 → 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-579/par-4: 前三項 → 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 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百六十四条第一項（物品運送に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-564/par-1 - 商法 第五百七十九条第二項（相次運送人の権利義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-2 - 商法 第五百七十九条第四項（相次運送人の権利義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-579/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-579/par-4 --- ## 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 579, paragraph (3) — 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