【正文】 n which a final judgment has been rendered, the Contract Law shall not apply. Article 2 Time Limits for Action Article 6 In a dispute arising out of a technology contract, where infringement of the right of a party occurred before the operative date of the Contract Law, if there was a lapse of more than one year between the date on which the party knew or should have known that its right was infringed and the operative date of the Contract Law, the People39。s Court will no longer enforce such right。 where the lapse was less than one year, the time limit during which the party may bring a suit shall be two years. Article 7 In a dispute arising out of a technology import/export contract, where infringement of the right of a party occurred before the operative date of the Contract Law, if there was a lapse of more than two years between the date on which the party knew or should have known that its right was infringed and the operative date of the Contract Law, the People39。s Court will no longer enforce such right。 where the lapse was less than two years, the time limit during which the party may bring a suit shall be four years. Article 8 The time period of one year referred to in Article 55, and the time period of five years referred to in Article 75 and Paragraph 2 of Article 104 of the Contract Law are fixed, and are not subject to the rules governing the suspension, termination or extension of a time limit for bringing an action. Article 3 Validity of Contracts Article 9 Where as set forth in Paragraph 2 of Article 44 of the Contract Law, the relevant law or administration regulation provides that the effectiveness of a certain contract is subject to pletion of the relevant approval procedure, or the relevant approval and registration procedures, if before pletion of the court hearing by the parties in the trial of first instance, the parties still fail to plete the relevant approval procedure, or approval and registration procedures, as the case may be, the People39。s Court shall rule that the contract has not yet taken effect。 if the relevant law or administrative regulation requires that a certain contract be registered without subjecting its effectiveness to such registration, then failure to effect registration shall not impair the effectiveness of the contract, provided that such failure constitutes an impediment to the conveyance of title to, or any other real right in, the subject matter of the contract. In the case of amendment, assignment or termination of a contract as set forth in Paragraph 2 of Article 77, Article 87, and Paragraph 2 of Article 96 of the Contract Law, the provisions of the previous Paragraph shall apply. Article 10 Where the parties have entered into a contract the subject matter of which was outside their scope of their business, the People39。s Court shall not invalidate the contract on that ground, other than where conclusion of the contract was in violation of any st