# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七百五十六条 (Article 756)

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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: 第七百五十六条 (Article 756)（個品運送契約に関する規定の準用等） — address `art-756`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756
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### 第七百五十六条（個品運送契約に関する規定の準用等） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions on Contracts for Carriage of Goods in General Ships)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-756 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756</sup>

    **第一項**  第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで（第七百三十九条第二項を除く。）、第七百四十四条、第七百四十六条及び第七百四十七条の規定は、航海傭船契約について準用する。この場合において、第七百四十一条第一項中「金額」とあるのは「金額及び滞船料」と、第七百四十四条中「前条」とあるのは「第七百五十三条第一項又は第七百五十五条において準用する前条」と、第七百四十七条中「この節」とあるのは「次節」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Articles 738 through 742 (excluding Article 739, paragraph (2)), Article 744, Article 746 and Article 747 apply mutatis mutandis to a voyage charter contract. In this case, the phrase "the following amounts" in Article 741, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following amounts and demurrage", the phrase "the preceding Article" in Article 744 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 753, paragraph (1) or the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 755", and the phrase "this Section" in Article 747 is deemed to be replaced with "the following Section".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  運送人は、前項において準用する第七百三十九条第一項の規定による運送人の損害賠償の責任を免除し、又は軽減する特約をもって船荷証券の所持人に対抗することができない。
    <sup>art-756/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-2</sup>
    A carrier may not assert against the holder of a bill of lading any special agreement under which a carrier is subject to a release from or reduction in the liability to compensate for loss or damage under the provisions of Article 739, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで → 商法 第七百三十八条 (Article 738), art-738 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-738 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-738
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで → 商法 第七百三十九条 (Article 739), art-739 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで → 商法 第七百四十条 (Article 740), art-740 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-740 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-740
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで → 商法 第七百四十一条 (Article 741), art-741 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-741 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十八条から第七百四十二条まで → 商法 第七百四十二条 (Article 742), art-742 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-742 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-742
- art-756/par-1: 第七百三十九条第二項 → 商法 第七百三十九条第二項 (Article 739, paragraph (2)), art-739/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-739/par-2
- art-756/par-1: 第七百四十四条 → 商法 第七百四十四条 (Article 744), art-744 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-744 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-744
- art-756/par-1: 第七百四十六条 → 商法 第七百四十六条 (Article 746), art-746 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-746 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-746
- art-756/par-1: 第七百四十七条 → 商法 第七百四十七条 (Article 747), art-747 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-747 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-747
- art-756/par-1: 第七百四十一条第一項 → 商法 第七百四十一条第一項 (Article 741, paragraph (1)), art-741/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-741/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-741/par-1
- art-756/par-1: 前条 → 商法 第七百四十三条 (Article 743), art-743 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-743 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-743
- art-756/par-1: 第七百五十三条第一項 → 商法 第七百五十三条第一項 (Article 753, paragraph (1)), art-753/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-753/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-753/par-1
- art-756/par-1: 第七百五十五条 → 商法 第七百五十五条 (Article 755), art-755 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-755 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-755
- art-756/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第七百五十六条第一項 (Article 756, paragraph (1)), art-756/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-756/par-1
- art-756/par-2: 第七百三十九条第一項 → 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

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

- 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

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-001, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05