Civil Code Article 176
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 the management of the affair is beneficial to the principal and is not against his expressed or presumptive wishes, and where the manager has, for the principal, made necessary or beneficial expenses, or assumed debt, or suffered injury, he is entitled to claim against the principal for the reimbursement of such expenses plus interest commencing from the date of outlay, or the payment of such debt, or compensation for the injury sustained.In the cases provided by the second paragraph of Article 174, the manager may still have the claim in the preceding paragraph, even if the undertaking of the management of the affair is against the principal's wishes.
中文原文 民法第176條
管理事務，利於本人，並不違反本人明示或可得推知之意思者，管理人為本人支出必要或有益之費用，或負擔債務，或受損害時，得請求本人償還其費用及自支出時起之利息，或清償其所負擔之債務，或賠償其損害。
第一百七十四條第二項規定之情形，管理人管理事務，雖違反本人之意思，仍有前項之請求權。
第一百七十四條第二項規定之情形，管理人管理事務，雖違反本人之意思，仍有前項之請求權。