Civil Code Article 479
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 borrower cannot return things of the same kind, quality and quantity as lent, he shall return their value at the time and place where the return ought to have taken place.If no date or place of return has been agreed upon, such things are returned according to the value of the things at the time when, or place where they were when the contract was constituted.
中文原文 民法第479條
借用人不能以種類、品質、數量相同之物返還者，應以其物在返還時、返還地所應有之價值償還之。
返還時或返還地未約定者，以其物在訂約時或訂約地之價值償還之。
返還時或返還地未約定者，以其物在訂約時或訂約地之價值償還之。