In the absence of the declaration of special intention by the parties, the obligor may effect performance even prior to the time when performance becomes due; provided, he must compensate for the damage of the other party.
Civil Act — Article 468 (Performance prior to time for performance)
민법 제468조
For AI agents and developers — get this article as JSON, with the English and current Korean effective dates and an outdated-translation flag, from the korea-law API or as an MCP tool:
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