Civil Code Article 1041
This English translation was last updated on 2021-01-20, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
The husband and the wife may agree by contract that the common property shall consist only of labor income.Labor income as specified in the first paragraph comprises earnings from salary, wage, shares, bonus and the other related income acquired by the husband and the wife during the continuance of marriage relationship, as well as the interests and substitute profits of the labor income.The property could not be proven as the labor income or the other property rather than labor income, will be presumed as labor income.The property rather than the earnings of the husband or the wife is governed by the provisions concerning the separation of property regime.The provisions in Article 1034, Article 1038 and Article 1040 shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to the first paragraph.