# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百十六条 (Article 616) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616. 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: 第六百十六条 (Article 616)（倉庫営業者の責任の消滅） — address `art-616` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六百十六条（倉庫営業者の責任の消滅） — (Extinguishment of Warehouse Operator's Liability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Extinguishment of Warehouse's Liability)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb art-616 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616 **第一項** 寄託物の損傷又は一部滅失についての倉庫営業者の責任は、寄託者又は倉荷証券の所持人が異議をとどめないで寄託物を受け取り、かつ、保管料等を支払ったときは、消滅する。ただし、寄託物に直ちに発見することができない損傷又は一部滅失があった場合において、寄託者又は倉荷証券の所持人が引渡しの日から二週間以内に倉庫営業者に対してその旨の通知を発したときは、この限りでない。 art-616/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616/par-1 A warehouse operator ceases to be liable for damage or partial loss of bailed goods if the bailor or the holder of a warehouse receipt receives the bailed goods without raising any objection and pays the storage fees and other monies; provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailed goods contain any damage or partial loss that cannot be immediately discovered and the bailor or the holder of the warehouse receipt issues notice of this to the warehouse operator within two weeks from the date of delivery. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A warehouse ceases to be liable for damage or partial loss of bailed goods if the bailor or the holder of a warehouse receipt receives the bailed goods without raising any objection and pays the storage fees and other monies; provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailed goods contain any damage or partial loss that cannot be immediately discovered and the bailor or the holder of the warehouse receipt issues notice of this to the warehouse within two weeks from the date of delivery." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第二項** 前項の規定は、倉庫営業者が寄託物の損傷又は一部滅失につき悪意であった場合には、適用しない。 art-616/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the warehouse operator has knowledge of any damage or partial loss of the bailed goods. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the warehouse has knowledge of any damage or partial loss of the bailed goods." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb --- ## Cites - art-616/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第六百十六条第一項 (Article 616, paragraph (1)), art-616/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第六百十一条第一項（保管料等の支払時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-611/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-611/par-1 - 商法 第六百十六条第二項（倉庫営業者の責任の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-616/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-616/par-2 --- ## 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 616 — 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 (商法), Article 616, 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 (商法), Article 616, paragraph (2) — 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