Civil Code Article 438
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 use the thing leased or collect profits therefrom only in the ways as are agreed upon, or, in the absence of such agreement, only in the ways as are in accordance with the nature of the thing leased.If the lessee uses the thing leased or collects profits therefrom in a way against the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and if he continues to so use it notwithstanding a remonstrance of the lessor, the latter may terminate the contract.
中文原文 民法第438條
承租人應依約定方法，為租賃物之使用、收益；無約定方法者，應以依租賃物之性質而定之方法為之。
承租人違反前項之規定為租賃物之使用、收益，經出租人阻止而仍繼續為之者，出租人得終止契約。
承租人違反前項之規定為租賃物之使用、收益，經出租人阻止而仍繼續為之者，出租人得終止契約。