Civil Code Article 518
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 number of editions has not been agreed, the editor may print only one edition.If according to the contract, the editor may publish several editions or to publish the writing indefinitely and he neglects to reproduce a new edition after the last one is exhausted, the court may, on the application of the person ceding the right of publication, order that a new edition be published by the editor within a fixed deadline. Failure by the editor to comply with this order within such deadline his right of publication is deprived.
中文原文 民法第518條
版數未約定者，出版人僅得出一版。
出版人依約得出數版或永遠出版者，如於前版之出版物賣完後，怠於新版之重製時，出版權授與人得聲請法院令出版人於一定期限內，再出新版。
逾期不遵行者，喪失其出版權。
出版人依約得出數版或永遠出版者，如於前版之出版物賣完後，怠於新版之重製時，出版權授與人得聲請法院令出版人於一定期限內，再出新版。
逾期不遵行者，喪失其出版權。