# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八百十条 (Article 810)

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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: 第八百十条 (Article 810)（共同海損の分担額） — address `art-810`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百十条（共同海損の分担額） — (Amount of General Average Contribution)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-810 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810</sup>

  **第一項**  共同海損は、次の各号に掲げる者（船員及び旅客を除く。）が当該各号に定める額の割合に応じて分担する。
  <sup>art-810/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1</sup>
  A general average is shared among the persons set forth in the following items (excluding the mariners and passengers) in the proportions specified in those items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  船舶の利害関係人　到達の地及び時における当該船舶の価格
    <sup>art-810/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-1</sup>
    persons with an interest in the ship:the price of the ship at the place and time of arrival;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  積荷の利害関係人　次のイに掲げる額から次のロに掲げる額を控除した額
    <sup>art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2</sup>
    persons with an interest in the cargo: the amount arrived at when the amount set forth in (b) below is deducted from the amount set forth in (a) below:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  陸揚げの地及び時における当該積荷の価格
      <sup>art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
      the price of the cargo at the place and time of discharge; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  共同危険回避処分の時においてイに規定する積荷の全部が滅失したとした場合に当該積荷の利害関係人が支払うことを要しないこととなる運送賃その他の費用の額
      <sup>art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
      freight charges and other such costs that persons with an interest in the cargo would not have been required to pay if all of the cargo provided for in (a) had been lost at the time of the measures to avoid a common danger;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  積荷以外の船舶内にある物（船舶に備え付けた武器を除く。）の利害関係人　到達の地及び時における当該物の価格
    <sup>art-810/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-3</sup>
    persons with an interest in objects on the ship other than the cargo (excluding weapons mounted on the ship):the value of the objects at the place and time of arrival; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  運送人　次のイに掲げる額から次のロに掲げる額を控除した額
    <sup>art-810/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the carrier: the amount arrived at when the amount set forth in (b) below is deducted from the amount set forth in (a) below:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  第二号ロに規定する運送賃のうち、陸揚げの地及び時において現に存する債権の額
      <sup>art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1</sup>
      the amount constituting the part of the claim actually existing at the place and time of discharge for the freight charges provided for in item (ii)(b); and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  船員の給料その他の航海に必要な費用（共同海損となる費用を除く。）のうち、共同危険回避処分の時に船舶及び第二号イに規定する積荷の全部が滅失したとした場合に運送人が支払うことを要しないこととなる額
      <sup>art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2</sup>
      the amount constituting the part of the mariners' salaries and other necessary costs of the voyage (excluding costs that constitute a general average) that the carrier would not have been required to pay if the ship and all of the cargo prescribed in item (ii)(a) had been lost at the time of the measures to avoid a common danger.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  共同危険回避処分の後、到達又は陸揚げ前に船舶又は積荷等について必要費又は有益費を支出したときは、当該船舶又は積荷等については、前項第一号から第三号までに定める額は、その費用（共同海損となる費用を除く。）の額を控除した額とする。
  <sup>art-810/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-2</sup>
  If any necessary costs or beneficial costs have been paid out for a ship or its cargo and other such objects after the implementation of the measures to avoid a common danger and before the arrival of the ship or discharge of the cargo and other such objects, the amounts specified in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding paragraph for the ship or the cargo and other such objects are calculated by deducting the amount of the costs that have been paid (excluding costs that constitute a general average).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If any necessary costs or beneficial costs have been paid out for a ship or its cargo and other such objects after the implementation of the measures to avoid a common danger and before the arrival of the ship or discharge of the cargo and other such objects, the amounts specified in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding paragraph for the ship the cargo and other such objects are calculated by deducting the amount of the costs that have been paid (excluding costs that constitute a general average)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項に規定する者が共同危険回避処分によりその財産につき損害を受けたときは、その者については、同項各号に定める額は、その損害の額（当該財産について前項に規定する必要費又は有益費を支出した場合にあっては、その費用（共同海損となる費用に限る。）の額を超える部分の額に限る。）を加算した額とする。
  <sup>art-810/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-3</sup>
  If a person provided for in paragraph (1) incurs loss or damage to their property due to the measures to avoid a common danger, the amount set forth in the items of that paragraph for that person is calculated by adding the amount of the loss or damage incurred (limited, if the person pays any necessary costs or beneficial costs prescribed in the preceding paragraph for that property, to the amount paid in excess of the amount of those costs (limited to costs that constitute a general average)).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person provided for in paragraph (1) incurs loss or damage to their property due to the measures to avoid a common danger, the amount set forth in the items of that paragraph for that person is calculated by adding the amount of the loss or damage incurred (limited, if the person pays any necessary costs or beneficial costs prescribed in the preceding paragraph for that property, to the amount paid in excess of the amount of those costs (excluding costs that constitute a general average))." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

  **第四項**  価格評定書類に積荷の実価を超える価額を記載したときは、その積荷の利害関係人は、当該価格評定書類に記載された価額に応じて共同海損を分担する。積荷の価格に影響を及ぼす事項につき価格評定書類に虚偽の記載をした場合において、当該記載によることとすれば積荷の実価を超える価格が評定されることとなるときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-810/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-4</sup>
  If a value that exceeds the real value of cargo is entered in a price evaluation document, a person with an interest in the cargo shares a general average in proportion to the value entered in the price evaluation document. The same applies if any false entry is made in a price evaluation document with regard to a matter that may affect the price of the cargo, and the value of the cargo to be evaluated on the basis of the false entry would be higher than its real value.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a value that exceeds the real value of cargo is entered in a price evaluation document, a person with an interest in the cargo shares a general average in proportion to the value entered in the price evaluation document. The same applies if any false entry is made in a price valuation document with regard to a matter that may affect the price of the cargo, and the value of the cargo to be evaluated on the basis of the false entry would be higher than its real value." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1: 第二号 → 商法 第八百十条第一項第二号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-810/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2
- art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2: 第二号 → 商法 第八百十条第一項第二号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-810/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2
- art-810/par-2: 前項第一号から第三号まで → 商法 第八百十条第一項第一号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-810/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-1
- art-810/par-2: 前項第一号から第三号まで → 商法 第八百十条第一項第二号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-810/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-2
- art-810/par-2: 前項第一号から第三号まで → 商法 第八百十条第一項第三号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-810/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-3
- art-810/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 第八百十条第一項 (Article 810, paragraph (1)), art-810/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1
- art-810/par-3: 前項 → 商法 第八百十条第二項 (Article 810, paragraph (2)), art-810/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 商法 第八百十条第一項第四号イ（共同海損の分担額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-1
- 商法 第八百十条第一項第四号ロ（共同海損の分担額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-1/item-4/sub-2
- 商法 第八百十条第二項（共同海損の分担額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-2
- 商法 第八百十条第三項（共同海損の分担額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-810/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-810/par-3
- 商法 第八百十一条第一項（共同海損を分担すべき者の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/art-811/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-811/par-1

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## 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 810, 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 (商法), Article 810, paragraph (3) — 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 810, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
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