Civil Code Article 709-1
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.
Bid society is a contract wherein a leader invites two or more persons as the members and all of them agree to deliver the payments of the bid and to bid for the fund of the bid society; wherein the aforesaid agreement is only respectively made between the leader and the member also constitutes the bid society.The fund of the bid society prescribed in the preceding paragraph refers to the entire payments of the bid which the leader and the members shall deliver.The payments of the bid may consist of money or other fungible things.
中文原文 民法第709-1條
稱合會者，謂由會首邀集二人以上為會員，互約交付會款及標取合會金之契約。
其僅由會首與會員為約定者，亦成立合會。
前項合會金，係指會首及會員應交付之全部會款。
會款得為金錢或其他代替物。
其僅由會首與會員為約定者，亦成立合會。
前項合會金，係指會首及會員應交付之全部會款。
會款得為金錢或其他代替物。