Civil Code Article 432
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 lessee shall be bound to keep and manage the thing leased with the care of a good administrator. If the thing leased possesses productivity, he shall also be bound to maintain such productivity.If the lessee violates the duty under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, whereby damage or destruction has been caused to the thing leased, he is bound to compensate for the injury arising therefrom. However, he is not responsible for any damage or change caused to the thing leased through the use of the thing, or through the collection of profits therefrom, in the ways as agreed upon or in the ways as are in accordance with the nature of the thing.
中文原文 民法第432條
承租人應以善良管理人之注意，保管租賃物，租賃物有生產力者，並應保持其生產力。
承租人違反前項義務，致租賃物毀損、滅失者，負損害賠償責任。
但依約定之方法或依物之性質而定之方法為使用、收益，致有變更或毀損者，不在此限。
承租人違反前項義務，致租賃物毀損、滅失者，負損害賠償責任。
但依約定之方法或依物之性質而定之方法為使用、收益，致有變更或毀損者，不在此限。