# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百三十九条 (Article 739) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739. 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: 第七百三十九条 (Article 739)（航海に堪える能力に関する注意義務） — address `art-739` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739 - 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. --- ### 第七百三十九条（航海に堪える能力に関する注意義務） — (Duty of Care for Seaworthiness) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739 **第一項** 運送人は、発航の当時次に掲げる事項を欠いたことにより生じた運送品の滅失、損傷又は延着について、損害賠償の責任を負う。ただし、運送人がその当時当該事項について注意を怠らなかったことを証明したときは、この限りでない。 art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-1 A carrier is liable to compensate for loss or damage arising as a result of loss of, damage to, or delay in the arrival of goods which is caused by the following things having been done insufficiently as of the time of the ship's departure; provided, however, that this does not apply if the carrier proves that it did not neglect to exercise due care in doing those things as of that time: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 船舶を航海に堪える状態に置くこと。 art-739/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-1/item-1 making the ship seaworthy; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 船員の乗組み、船舶の艤装及び需品の補給を適切に行うこと。 art-739/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-1/item-2 properly manning, equipping, and supplying the ship; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 船倉、冷蔵室その他運送品を積み込む場所を運送品の受入れ、運送及び保存に適する状態に置くこと。 art-739/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-1/item-3 making the holds, refrigerating and cool chambers, and all other parts of the ship in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their receipt, carriage and preservation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による運送人の損害賠償の責任を免除し、又は軽減する特約は、無効とする。 art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-2 Any special agreement that makes the carrier subject to a release from or reduction in the liability to compensate for loss or damage under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is void. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-739/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百三十九条第一項 (Article 739, paragraph (1)), art-739/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第七百七条第一項（運送及び船舶賃貸借に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-707/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-707/par-1 - 商法 第七百三十九条第二項（航海に堪える能力に関する注意義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-2 - 商法 第七百五十六条第一項（個品運送契約に関する規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-1 - 商法 第七百五十六条第二項（個品運送契約に関する規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-2 - 商法 第八百二十六条第一項第四号（保険者の免責） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-826/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-826/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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