Land Expropriation Act Article 5

When any land is expropriated, all improvements thereon shall also be so expropriated, except for any of the following circumstances:1. Where the owner of land improvement requests the possession of improvement and moves it by himself within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of public announcement period.2. Where the improvements are graves or other memorials that must be relocated.3. Where the constructional improvement should not have been built according to law.4. Where the types or quantities of agricultural improvements are incongruous with normal plantation, the incongruous part.5. Where there exists any provision to the contrary according to other laws.The land improvements as referred to in the preceding paragraph may, in view of the needs of the proposed undertaking project, be expropriated within three (3) years starting from the date of public announcement of expropriation. However when the owner of land improvement requests the simultaneous expropriation of the improvement before the land use applicant requests expropriation of the land, the land use applicant shall carry out expropriation of both the land and the improvement thereon simultaneously.For land improvements referred to in Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Paragraph 1, the municipal or county (city) competent authority may, after the expiration of the public announcement period for expropriation, notify the owners or users of the land improvements to relocate or dismantle the improvements within a prescribed time limit without compensation. After the expiration of the prescribed time limit, the municipal or county (city) competent authority may, together with relevant authorities, directly dispose such improvements.