Civil Code Article 247
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.
When a contract is void on account of the impossibility of the performance, the party who at the time of constituting the contract knew or might know the impossibility is responsible for the injury caused to the other party who, without his own negligence, believed in the validity of the contract.The provision of the preceding paragraph shall be mutatis mutandis applied if the prestation is partially impossible and the contract is valid in respect to the possible part, or if one of the several prestations subject to a choice is impossible.The claims for the injury in the preceding two paragraphs shall be extinguished by prescription if not exercised within two years.
中文原文 民法第247條
契約因以不能之給付為標的而無效者，當事人於訂約時知其不能或可得而知者，對於非因過失而信契約為有效致受損害之他方當事人，負賠償責任。
給付一部不能，而契約就其他部分仍為有效者，或依選擇而定之數宗給付中有一宗給付不能者，準用前項之規定。
前二項損害賠償請求權，因二年間不行使而消滅。
給付一部不能，而契約就其他部分仍為有效者，或依選擇而定之數宗給付中有一宗給付不能者，準用前項之規定。
前二項損害賠償請求權，因二年間不行使而消滅。