# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百三条 (Article 803) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803. 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: 第八百三条 (Article 803)（救助料の支払等に係る船長の権限） — address `art-803` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百三条（救助料の支払等に係る船長の権限） — (Master's Authority to Pay Salvage Charges) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-803 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803 **第一項** 救助された船舶の船長は、救助料の債務者に代わってその支払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-803/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-1 A master of a salvaged ship has the authority to perform any and all acts in and out of court in connection with the payment of salvage charges on behalf of the obligor of the salvage charges. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 救助された船舶の船長は、救助料に関し、救助料の債務者のために、原告又は被告となることができる。 art-803/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-2 The master of a salvaged ship may stand as a plaintiff or defendant in an action involving the salvage charges on behalf of the obligor of the salvage charges. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、救助に従事した船舶の船長について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「債務者」とあるのは、「債権者（当該船舶の船舶所有者及び海員に限る。）」と読み替えるものとする。 art-803/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the master of a ship engaged in the salvage. In this case, the term "obligor" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "obligees (limited to the shipowner and mariners of the ship)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、契約に基づく救助については、適用しない。 art-803/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to salvage carried out based on a contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-803/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第八百三条第一項 (Article 803, paragraph (1)), art-803/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-1 - art-803/par-3: 前二項 → 商法 第八百三条第二項 (Article 803, paragraph (2)), art-803/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-2 - art-803/par-4: 前三項 → 商法 第八百三条第一項 (Article 803, paragraph (1)), art-803/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-1 - art-803/par-4: 前三項 → 商法 第八百三条第二項 (Article 803, paragraph (2)), art-803/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-2 - art-803/par-4: 前三項 → 商法 第八百三条第三項 (Article 803, paragraph (3)), art-803/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第八百三条第三項（救助料の支払等に係る船長の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-3 - 商法 第八百三条第四項（救助料の支払等に係る船長の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-803/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-803/par-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