1, you can return it.
The epidemic situation is a force majeure factor. If the wedding can't be held or postponed due to the epidemic, the party who paid the deposit can ask the party who received the deposit to refund the deposit, without being liable for breach of contract.
2. Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 590 Where the parties are unable to perform the contract due to force majeure, they shall be exempted from liability in part or in whole according to the influence of force majeure, except as otherwise provided by law. If the contract cannot be performed due to force majeure, the other party shall be informed in time to reduce the possible losses to the other party and provide proof within a reasonable time.
If force majeure occurs after the delay in performance, the parties concerned shall not be exempted from the liability for breach of contract.
2. What are the applicable conditions for the deposit penalty?
(a) the so-called deposit penalty means that the party who pays the deposit fails to perform the agreed debt and has no right to demand the return of the deposit; If the party receiving the deposit fails to perform the agreed debt, it shall return the deposit twice.
(2) As liquidated damages are the most common form of down payment in life, the Civil Code has made special provisions on it, clarifying the applicable conditions of liquidated damages.
1, there must be a breach of contract.
(1) The existence of breach of contract is the prerequisite for the application of deposit penalty.
(2) Breach of contract refers to failure to perform debts as agreed in the contract, and its manifestations are various, including non-performance, delayed performance and incomplete performance.
2. There must be the fact that the purpose of the contract has failed.
(1) The contract purpose cannot be achieved, that is, the contract purpose cannot be achieved, which is the basic condition for applying the down payment penalty.
(2) The purpose of the contract here only refers to the direct purpose and main purpose of the main contract.
3. There is a causal relationship between breach of contract and failure of contract purpose.
(1) breach of contract or failure to achieve the purpose of the contract does not necessarily lead to the application of deposit penalty;
(2) The down payment penalty can only be applied if there is a causal relationship between them, that is, the down payment penalty can only be applied if the purpose of the contract cannot be achieved due to breach of contract.