# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百八十五条 (Article 585) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585. 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: 第五百八十五条 (Article 585) — address `art-585` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585 - 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. --- ### 第五百八十五条 art-585 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585 **第一項** 運送品の滅失等についての運送人の責任は、運送品の引渡しがされた日（運送品の全部滅失の場合にあっては、その引渡しがされるべき日）から一年以内に裁判上の請求がされないときは、消滅する。 art-585/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-1 A carrier ceases to be liable for loss, damage, or delay if no claim is filed with the courts within one year from the day on which the goods are delivered (or, in the event of a total loss of goods, the day on which the goods should have been delivered). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の期間は、運送品の滅失等による損害が発生した後に限り、合意により、延長することができる。 art-585/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-2 The period referred to in the preceding paragraph may be extended by agreement only after damage has arisen as a result of the loss, damage, or delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 運送人が更に第三者に対して運送を委託した場合において、運送人が第一項の期間内に損害を賠償し又は裁判上の請求をされたときは、運送人に対する第三者の責任に係る同項の期間は、運送人が損害を賠償し又は裁判上の請求をされた日から三箇月を経過する日まで延長されたものとみなす。 art-585/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-3 If a carrier entrusts a third party with transportation, and the carrier provides compensation for loss or damage or has had a claim filed against it with the courts within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the period referred to in that paragraph concerning a third party's liability to the carrier is deemed to have been extended to the final day in the three-month period that begins on the day on which the carrier provided the compensation or had the claim filed against it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-585/par-2: 前項 → 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 - art-585/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 5 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 第五百八十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-2 - 商法 第五百八十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-585/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-585/par-3 - 商法 第五百八十七条第一項（運送人の不法行為責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-587/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-587/par-1 - 商法 第五百九十三条第二項（引渡しを受けていない手荷物に関する運送人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-593/par-2 --- ## 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