# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六百九十八条 (Article 698) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698. 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: 第六百九十八条 (Article 698)（船舶管理人の代理権） — address `art-698` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698 - 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. --- ### 第六百九十八条（船舶管理人の代理権） — (Ship's Manager's Authority to Act as Agent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Ship's Husband's Authority to Act as Agent)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb art-698 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698 **第一項** 船舶管理人は、次に掲げる行為を除き、船舶共有者に代わって船舶の利用に関する一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為をする権限を有する。 art-698/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1 A ship's manager has the authority to perform any and all acts in and out of court on behalf of the part owners of the ship in connection with the use of the ship, except for those set forth in the following: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A ship's husband has the authority to perform any and all acts in and out of court on behalf of the part owners of the ship in connection with the use of the ship, except for those set forth in the following:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **一** 船舶を賃貸し、又はこれについて抵当権を設定すること。 art-698/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1/item-1 leasing the ship or mortgaging the ship; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 船舶を保険に付すること。 art-698/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1/item-2 buying insurance for the ship; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 新たな航海（船舶共有者の間で予定されていなかったものに限る。）をすること。 art-698/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1/item-3 embarking on a new voyage (limited to one that has not been planned among the part owners of the ship); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 船舶の大修繕をすること。 art-698/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1/item-4 making a major repair to the ship; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 借財をすること。 art-698/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-1/item-5 borrowing money. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 船舶管理人の代理権に加えた制限は、善意の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-698/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-698/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-698/par-2 A limitation on the ship's manager's authority to act as agent may not be asserted against a third party in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A limitation on the ship's husband's authority to act as agent may not be asserted against a third party in good faith." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb --- ## 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 698 — 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 698, 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 698, 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