中华人民共和国民法典第一百八十条

　　第一百八十条　因不可抗力不能履行民事义务的，不承担民事责任。法律另有规定的，依照其规定。
Article 180
A person who is unable to perform his civil-law obligations due to force majeure bears no civil liability, unless otherwise provided by law.
　　不可抗力是不能预见、不能避免且不能克服的客观情况。
“Force majeure” means objective conditions which are unforeseeable, unavoidable, and insurmountable.
　　第一百八十一条　因正当防卫造成损害的，不承担民事责任。
Article 181
A person who causes harm to the tortfeasor out of a justifiable defense bears no civil liability.
　　正当防卫超过必要的限度，造成不应有的损害的，正当防卫人应当承担适当的民事责任。
A person who, when acting out of justifiable defense, exceeds the necessary limit and thus causes undue harm to the tortfeasor shall bear appropriate civil liability.
　　第一百八十二条　因紧急避险造成损害的，由引起险情发生的人承担民事责任。
Article 182
Where a person when seeking to avoid a peril in response to an emergency causes harm to others, the person who creates the peril shall bear civil liability.
　　危险由自然原因引起的，紧急避险人不承担民事责任，可以给予适当补偿。
Where the peril is caused by natural forces, the person who causes harm to others when seeking to avoid the peril bears no civil liability, but may make appropriate compensation.
　　紧急避险采取措施不当或者超过必要的限度，造成不应有的损害的，紧急避险人应当承担适当的民事责任。
Where the measures adopted by a person seeking to avoid a peril in response to an emergency are improper or exceed the necessary limit and thus cause undue harm to others, the person shall bear appropriate civil liability.
　　第一百八十三条　因保护他人民事权益使自己受到损害的，由侵权人承担民事责任，受益人可以给予适当补偿。没有侵权人、侵权人逃逸或者无力承担民事责任，受害人请求补偿的，受益人应当给予适当补偿。
Article 183
Where a party is injured for protecting the civil-law rights and interests of another person, the tortfeasor shall bear civil liability, and the beneficiary may make appropriate compensation to the injured person. In the absence of a tortfeasor, or if the tortfeasor flees or is incapable of assuming civil liability, upon request of the injured person, the beneficiary shall make appropriate compensation.