# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百九十六条 (Article 696)

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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: 第六百九十六条 (Article 696)（持分の譲渡） — address `art-696`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第六百九十六条（持分の譲渡） — (Transfer of Shares)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-696 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-696 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-696</sup>

      **第一項**  船舶共有者の間に組合契約があるときであっても、各船舶共有者（船舶管理人であるものを除く。）は、他の船舶共有者の承諾を得ないで、その持分の全部又は一部を他人に譲渡することができる。
      <sup>art-696/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-696/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-696/par-1</sup>
      Even if the part owners of a ship have a partnership agreement, each part owner (excluding one that is the ship's manager) may transfer that part owner's share in whole or in part to another person without the consent of the other part owners.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Even if the part owners of a ship have a partnership agreement, each part owner (excluding one that is the ship's husband) may transfer that part owner's share in whole or in part to another person without the consent of the other part owners." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

      **第二項**  船舶管理人である船舶共有者は、他の船舶共有者の全員の承諾を得なければ、その持分の全部又は一部を他人に譲渡することができない。
      <sup>art-696/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-696/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-696/par-2</sup>
      The part owner of a ship that is the ship's manager may not transfer all or part of their share to another person without obtaining consent from all other part owners.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The part owner of a ship that is the ship's husband may not transfer all or part of their share to another person without obtaining consent from all other part owners." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

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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 696, 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 696, 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