Civil Code Article 562
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.
A manager or commercial agent shall not without the consent of his firm enter on his own account or on account of third parties into any business of the same kind as that which he is commissioned for his firm, nor can he be a partner with unlimited liability in a commercial firm which carries on the same kind of business.
中文原文 民法第562條
經理人或代辦商，非得其商號之允許，不得為自己或第三人經營與其所辦理之同類事業，亦不得為同類事業公司無限責任之股東。