Civil Code Article 525
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.
When the writing, after having been delivered to the editor, is destroyed by force majeure, the editor is still liable to pay the remuneration.If the person ceding the right of edition keeps a duplicate copy of the writing destroyed, he is bound to deliver it to the editor; but in case there is no duplicate copy, if the person ceding the right of edition is the author, he shall remake it, if the work does not take much labor.In the case specified in the preceding paragraph, the person ceding the right of edition may demand for a reasonable compensation.
中文原文 民法第525條
著作交付出版人後，因不可抗力致滅失者，出版人仍負給付報酬之義務。
滅失之著作，如出版權授與人另存有稿本者，有將該稿本交付於出版人之義務。
無稿本時，如出版權授與人係著作人，且不多費勞力，即可重作者，應重作之。
前項情形，出版權授與人得請求相當之賠償。
滅失之著作，如出版權授與人另存有稿本者，有將該稿本交付於出版人之義務。
無稿本時，如出版權授與人係著作人，且不多費勞力，即可重作者，應重作之。
前項情形，出版權授與人得請求相當之賠償。