# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百一条 (Article 601)

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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: 第六百一条 (Article 601)（倉荷証券の記載事項） — address `art-601`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601
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### 第六百一条（倉荷証券の記載事項） — (Information Contained in Warehouse Receipt)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-601 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601</sup>

    **第一項**  倉荷証券には、次に掲げる事項及びその番号を記載し、倉庫営業者がこれに署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。
    <sup>art-601/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1</sup>
    A warehouse receipt must contain the following information as well as its number, and bear the signature or the name and seal of a warehouse operator:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A warehouse receipt must contain the following information as well as its number, and bear the signature or the name and seal of a warehouse:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

      **一**  寄託物の種類、品質及び数量並びにその荷造りの種類、個数及び記号
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-1</sup>
      the type, quality, and quantity of the bailed goods, the type of packaging, the number of packages, and the marks;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  寄託者の氏名又は名称
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-2</sup>
      the name of the bailor;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  保管場所
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-3</sup>
      the place of storage;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  保管料
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-4</sup>
      the storage fees;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  保管期間を定めたときは、その期間
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-5</sup>
      the storage period, if specified;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **六**  寄託物を保険に付したときは、保険金額、保険期間及び保険者の氏名又は名称
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-6</sup>
      the insured amount, the insurance period, and the name of the insurer, if the bailed goods are covered by insurance; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **七**  作成地及び作成の年月日
      <sup>art-601/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-601/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-601/par-1/item-7</sup>
      the place and date of preparation of the receipt.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 印紙税法 別表第一（課税物件表） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000023/appdx-1
- 商法 第六百二条第一項第一号（帳簿記載義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-602/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-602/par-1/item-1

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## 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 601, paragraph (1) — 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