Where a contract is for an unspecified duration, either party may terminate it on prior notice to
the other party.
The period of notice shall be one month for the first year of the contract, two months where the
contract has entered a second year and three months where it has entered a third year and in that
manner in respect of the subsequent years.
Where there is no agreement to the contrary, the end of the period of notice shall coincide with
the end of a calendar month.
Where a contract for a specified duration becomes a contract for an unspecified duration, the
period of notice shall be calculated from the beginning of contractual relations between the
parties.
The parties may not agree to shorten the periods of notice.
Where they agree to lengthen the periods of notice, the said periods must be identical for both
the principal and the agent.
These provisions shall not apply where the contract is terminated due to the gross misconduct
of one of the parties or due to an act of God.
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In force from 17 April 1997
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