# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百五十条 (Article 750)

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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
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- Provision: 第七百五十条 (Article 750)（傭船者による発航の請求） — address `art-750`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百五十条（傭船者による発航の請求） — (Request for Departure of Ship by Charterer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-750 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-750 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-750</sup>

    **第一項**  傭船者は、運送品の全部の船積みをしていないときであっても、船長に対し、発航の請求をすることができる。
    <sup>art-750/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-750/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-750/par-1</sup>
    A charterer may lodge a request with the master for the ship to depart even if the charterer has not loaded all of the goods onto the ship.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  傭船者は、前項の請求をしたときは、運送人に対し、運送賃の全額のほか、運送品の全部の船積みをしないことによって生じた費用を支払う義務を負い、かつ、その請求により、当該費用の支払について相当の担保を供しなければならない。
    <sup>art-750/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-750/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-750/par-2</sup>
    If a charterer lodges a request as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the charterer bears the duty to pay the carrier the full amount of freight charges and any costs arising from the fact that not all of the goods are loaded onto the ship, and must provide reasonable security for the payment of these costs if requested to do so by the carrier.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-750/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百五十条第一項 (Article 750, paragraph (1)), art-750/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-750/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-750/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 商法 第七百五十条第二項（傭船者による発航の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-750/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-750/par-2
- 商法 第七百五十一条第一項（船長の発航権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-751/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-751/par-1

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## 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
