Civil Code Article 246
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 prestation of a contract is impossible, it is void. However, if the impossibility can be removed and if the parties, at the time when the contract was constituted, intended to have it performed after the removal of the impossibility, the contract is still valid.If the contract is subject to a suspenseful condition or to a time of commencement, and if the impossibility has been removed prior to the fulfillment of the condition or the arrival of the time, the contract is valid.
中文原文 民法第246條
以不能之給付為契約標的者，其契約為無效。
但其不能情形可以除去，而當事人訂約時並預期於不能之情形除去後為給付者，其契約仍為有效。
附停止條件或始期之契約，於條件成就或期限屆至前，不能之情形已除去者，其契約為有效。
但其不能情形可以除去，而當事人訂約時並預期於不能之情形除去後為給付者，其契約仍為有效。
附停止條件或始期之契約，於條件成就或期限屆至前，不能之情形已除去者，其契約為有效。