《继承法》中英文对照

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《继承法》中英文对照

Law

of

Succession

of

The

People’s

Republic

of

China

(Adopted

at

the

ThirdtheSixth

National

People’s

Congressandpromulgated

by

Orderof

the

President

of

the

People’sRepublicofChina10,1985, and effective as of October

1, 1985) SessionofNo.24 onApril

（

一九八五年四月

十日

第六届

全国人民代表大会第三次会议通过，

自

1985

年

10

月

1

日起施

行）

CONTENTS

目

录

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

第一章

总

则

CHAPTER SUCCESSION II STATUTORY

第二章

法定继承

CHAPTER

III TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION AND LEGACY

第三章

遗嘱继承和遗赠

CHAPTER

IV

DISPOSITION

OF

THE

ESTATE

第

四

章

遗

产

的

处

理

CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

第五章

附

则

CHAPTER I

GENERAL

PROVISIONS

第

一

章

总

则

Article

ntConstitution

ofRepublic

of

China

with

a

view

to

protecting the right of citizens to inherit private property.

ThistoLawisenactedthe provisions ofthet hePe

ople’s

第一条

根

据《中华人民共和国宪法》

规定，为保护公民的私有财产的继承权，

制定本法。

Article 2. Succession opens on the death of a decedent.

第二条

继承从被继承人死亡时开始。

Article

3.

Estate

denotes

the

lawful

property

of

a

citizen

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owned

by

him

personally

at

the

time

of

his

death,

which

consists

of:

第三条

遗产是公民死亡时遗留的个人合法财产，

包括：

(1) his income;

（一）

公民的收入；

(2) his houses,

savings and articles of everyday use;

（二）

公民的房屋、

储

蓄和生活用品；

(3) his forest trees, livestock and poultry;

（三）

公民的林木、

牲畜和家禽；

(4) his cultural objects,

books and reference materials;

（四）

公民的文物、

图书资料；

(5) means of production lawfully owned by him;

（五）

法律允

许公民所有的生产资料；

(6)

his

property

rights

pertaining

to

copyright and patent rights; and

（六）

公民的著作权、

专利

权中的财产权利；

(7) his other lawful property.

（七）

公民

的其他合法财产。

Article

a

contract

entered

intoindividual

are

inheritable

in

accordance

with

the

provisionsContractingbypermitted

bylawtobythe

successor,in

accordancewiththe

contract.

Personalbenefits

accruing

byan

individual,

if

becontinuedshallbetheterms

of

treated

第四条

个人承包应得的个人收益，

依照本法规定继承。

个人承包，

依照法律允许由继承人继续承包的，

按照承包合同

办理。

Article

5.

Succession

shall,

after

its

opening,be

handled

inwiththeprovisions

of

statutory

succession;whereashall

be

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handledwith

testamentary

successionlegacy;whereagreement

forlegacyforsupport,thehandled

in

accordance

with

the

terms

of

the

agreement.

accordancewillinexists,accordanceoris

an

inreturnformershall be it as there

第五条

继承开始后，

按照

法定继承办理；

有遗嘱的，

按照遗嘱继承或者遗赠办理；

有遗赠

扶养协议的，

按照协议办理。

Article tance or legacy of a competent person

shall

be

exercised

on

his

behalf

by

his

statutory

agent.

Therightto

第六条

无行为能力人的继承权、

受遗赠权， 由他的法

定代理人代为行使。

Thea

person

with

limited

capacity

shallexercisedonstatutory

agent

or

by

such

person

himself

after obtaining the consent of rightto inheritance or legacy

of

be

hisbehalf

by

his

限制行为能力人的继承权、

受遗赠权，

由

他的法定代理人代为行使，

或者征得法定代理人同意后行使。

his statutory agent. Article 7. A successor shall be

disinherited upon his commission of any one of the following

acts:

第七条

继承人有下列行为之一的，

丧失继承权：

(1) intentional killing of the decedent;

（一）

故意杀

害被继承人的；

(2) killing any other successor in fighting

over

the

estate;

（二）

为争夺遗产而杀害其他继承人的；

(3)

a

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serious

act

of

abandoning

or

maltreating

the

decedent;

or

（三）

遗弃被继承的，

或者虐待被继承人情节严重的；

(4)

a

serious

act

of forging, tampering with or destroying the will.

（四）

伪

造、

篡改或者销毁遗嘱，

情节严重的。

Article

8.

The

time

limit

for

institutionoflegal

proceedingsdisputesover

the

right

to

inheritance

is

twoyears,countingday

thesuccessor

to

is

or

should

be

awareoftheviolationright

dings,

however,institutedafterthe expiration of

a period

of 20 years

from

the

day

succession

opens.

pertaining

tofrom

the

ofhisNomaylegal be

第八条

继承权纠纷提起诉讼的期限为二年，自

继承人知道或者应当知道其权利被侵犯之日起计算。

但是，

自继承开始之日起超过二十年的，

不得再提起诉讼。

CHAPTER SUCCESSION II STATUTORY

第二章

法定继承

Article

alestheirandright to inheritance. femalesarein

第九

条

继承权男女平等。

Article

ntfollowing

order:

Theestateoftheshallbe inherited in the

第十条

遗产按照下列顺

序继承：

First in order: Spouse, children, parents.

第一顺序：

配偶、

子女、

父母。

Second

in

order:

Brotherssisters,

paternal

grand

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parents,maternal grand-parents. and

第二顺序：

兄弟姐妹、

祖父母、

外祖父母。

When succession opens, the successor (s) first in order

shall

inherit

to

the

exclusion

of

the

successor

(s) successor (s)

继承开始后，

由第一顺序继

承人继承，

第二顺序继承人不继承。

没有第一顺序继承人继承的，

由第二顺序继承人继承。

secondof any successor first in order. in order shall

inherit in default The children referredthis Law include

legitimate

children,illegitimate

children

andchildren,as

well

as

stepchildren

who

supported

or

were

supported

by

the

decedent.

toinadopted

本法所说的子女，

包括婚生子女、

非婚生子女、

养

子女和有扶养关系的继子女。

The

parents

referred

to

inLawinclude

natural

parentsadoptiveparents,step-parents

who

supported

or

were

supported by the decedent. thisandaswell as

本法所说的父母，

包括生父母、

养父母和有扶养关系的继父母。

The referred to in this Law include blood brothersand

sisters, brothers and sisters of half blood, adopted brothers

andsisters,

as

well

as

step- brothersand

step-sisters

who

supported

or

were

supported

by

the

decedent.

brothersand

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sisters

本法所说的兄弟姐妹，

包括同父母的兄弟姐妹、

同父异

母或者同母异父的兄弟姐妹、

养兄弟姐妹、

有扶养关系的继兄弟姐

妹。

Article

eddescendants

of

thechildshallDescendants

who

inherit

in

subrogation

generally

shall

take only

the

share of the estate their

father or

mother

is

entitled

to.

Whereadecedenthis

child,

the

direct

linealpredeceasedin t

第十一条

被继承人的

子女先于被继承人死亡的，

由被继承人的子女的晚辈直系血亲代位

继承。

< br>

代位继承人一般只能继承他的父亲或者母亲有 权继承的遗产份

额。

Article

12.

Widowedor

sons-in-law

who

have

made

the

predominant

contributions

maintaining

their

parents-in-lawinrelationshipparents-in- law,be

daughters-in-law

in

shall,theirto

第十二条

丧偶儿媳对公、

婆，

丧偶女婿对岳父、

岳母，

尽了主要赡养义务的，

作为第一顺序继

承人。

regarded as successors first in order.

第十三条

同一顺

序继承人继承遗产的份额，一般应当均等。

Article 13.

Successors same inshall,

in general,

inherit

in equal shares. ord er

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人，

分配遗产时，

应当予以照顾。

At

theestate,

due

consideration

shall

be

giventosuccessorswho

are

unable

to

work

and

have

special

financial difficulties. timeof distributing the

对被继承人尽

了

主要扶养义务或者与被继承人共同生活的继承人，

分配遗产时，

可以多分。

At

the

time

ofestate,successorsthepredominant

contributionsmaintainingthe decedent or have lived with the

decedent may be given a larger share. distributingwho have

madethein

有扶养能力和有扶养条件的继承人，

不尽扶养义务的，

分

配遗产时，

应当不分或者少分。

At the timeestate, successors who had the abilityandwere

in

a

position

to

maintainthe

a

smaller

decedent

share

of

but

the

failedtheirdutiesshallor

sors may take unequal sharesifanagreementeffect

is reached among them. ofdistributingthetofulfilbe given no

share to that

继承人协商同意的，

也可以不均等。

Article

14.

An

appropriate

share

of

the

estate

may

be

given

to a person,thanasuccessor,on the support of the decedentwho

neithercansource

of

income,

or

to

aotherthanawas

largely

responsible for supporting the decedent. other who depended

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andworknor has a person,whosuccessor,

第十四条

对继承人以外的

依靠被继承人扶养的缺乏劳动能力又没有生活来源的人 ，

或者继承

人以外的对被继承人扶养 较多的人，

可以分给他们适当的遗产。

Article 15. Questions pertaining tosuccession should be

dealtthroughconsultationamong

the

successors

as

in

well

the

as

spiritmutualunderstandingaccommodation,

timefor

partitioning

the estate

and

the

shares

shall

bedecidedthrough

ent

is

reached

through

withandbyofandmutual

amitymodeandby

the

successorsIfno

第十五条

继承人应当本着互谅互让、

和睦团结的

精神，

协商处理继承问题。

遗产分割的时间、

办法和份额，

由继承人协商确定。

协商不成的，

可以由人民调解委员会 调解或者向人民法院提起

诉讼。

consultation,

they

may

apply

to

a

People’s

Mediationmediation

or

institute

legal

proceedings

in

a

people’s

court.

Committeefor

CHAPTER

III

TESTAMENTARY

SUCCESSION AND LEGACY

第三章

遗嘱继承和遗赠

Article 16. A

citizenmeansofaccordancethis Law, dispose of the property he

owns and may appoint a testamentary executor for the purpose.

may,byawill made in provisions of with the

第十六条

公民可以