Civil Code Article 139
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.
If a prescription can not be interrupted owing to force majeure or any other unavoidable cause at the ending of the period for the prescription, the said prescription is not complete until the expiration of one month from the time when such obstruction ends.
中文原文 民法第139條
時效之期間終止時，因天災或其他不可避之事變，致不能中斷其時效者，自其妨礙事由消滅時起，一個月內，其時效不完成。