The Equalization of Land Rights Act Article 53
The government at various levels may undertake zone expropriation of any one of the following areas by reporting to the Executive Yuan for approval:1.All or part of any newly established city for the implementation of its development and construction.2.Any old city for the implementation of its renewal in response to its need for public safety, public health, public transport or the promotion of its rational use.3.Any urban land development of a new community.4.Any rural community for the implementation of its renewal or development of a new community in order to improve its public infrastructure, its need for public health, or to match agricultural development planning.In the areas selected for zone expropriation the competent authorities in charge of the implementation of zone expropriation may enter the areas for survey or cadastral survey after notifying their owners or users of lands. In case there is a need to clear or to remove obstructions on the lands, their owners or users of lands shall be notified in advance. Their owners or users of lands shall be properly compensated in case they sustain damages as a result of the said survey or cadastral survey. The amount of compensation shall be reached through negotiation between the two parties. If they cannot reach an agreement the Special Municipal Government or the County / City Government in localities shall report to its superior authority for instructions.In the areas selected for zone expropriation, the competent authorities in charge of the implementation of zone expropriation may, in view of actual need, report to the government of higher level for approval to, separately or simultaneously, publicly announce and prohibit the people from undertaking the following things:1.The transfer and subdivision of land, the creation of encumbrance on land.2.The construction of new improvements on land, the increase of improvements on land, remodeling or reconstruction of old buildings on land, and the collection of soil and stone or the change in land topography.The period of prohibition referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall not exceed one and a half years.
中文原文 平均地權條例第53條
各級主管機關得就左列地區報經行政院核准後施行區段徵收：
一、新設都市地區之全部或一部，實施開發建設者。
二、舊都市地區為公共安全、公共衛生、公共交通之需要或促進土地之合理使用實施更新者。
三、都市土地開發新社區者。
四、農村社區為加強公共設施、改善公共衛生之需要、或配合農業發展之規劃實施更新或開發新社區者。
區段徵收地區選定後，徵收機關於通知其土地所有權人或使用人後，得進入該地區內為勘查或測量。
其必須遷移或除去該土地上之障礙物時，應事先通知其所有權人或使用人；其所有權人或使用人因而遭受之損失，應予適當之補償。
補償金額，由雙方協議之；協議不成，由當地直轄市或縣（市）政府函請上級政府予以核定。
區段徵收地區選定後，徵收機關得視實際需要報經上級主管機關核定後，分別或同時公告禁止左列事項：
一、土地移轉、分割、設定負擔。
二、建築改良物之新建、增建、改建或重建及採取土石或變更地形。
前項禁止期間，以一年六個月為期。
一、新設都市地區之全部或一部，實施開發建設者。
二、舊都市地區為公共安全、公共衛生、公共交通之需要或促進土地之合理使用實施更新者。
三、都市土地開發新社區者。
四、農村社區為加強公共設施、改善公共衛生之需要、或配合農業發展之規劃實施更新或開發新社區者。
區段徵收地區選定後，徵收機關於通知其土地所有權人或使用人後，得進入該地區內為勘查或測量。
其必須遷移或除去該土地上之障礙物時，應事先通知其所有權人或使用人；其所有權人或使用人因而遭受之損失，應予適當之補償。
補償金額，由雙方協議之；協議不成，由當地直轄市或縣（市）政府函請上級政府予以核定。
區段徵收地區選定後，徵收機關得視實際需要報經上級主管機關核定後，分別或同時公告禁止左列事項：
一、土地移轉、分割、設定負擔。
二、建築改良物之新建、增建、改建或重建及採取土石或變更地形。
前項禁止期間，以一年六個月為期。