Civil Code Article 512
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 personal skill of the undertaker is an essential element of the contract, the contract terminates when the undertaker died or when without his own negligence he becomes incapable of completing the work agreed upon.If a part of the work has already done which is useful to the proprietor, he is bound to accept it and to pay a reasonable remuneration for it.
中文原文 民法第512條
承攬之工作，以承攬人個人之技能為契約之要素者，如承攬人死亡或非因其過失致不能完成其約定之工作時，其契約為終止。
工作已完成之部分，於定作人為有用者，定作人有受領及給付相當報酬之義務。
工作已完成之部分，於定作人為有用者，定作人有受領及給付相當報酬之義務。