The Equalization of Land Rights Act Article 60

In areas subject to urban land consolidation prescribed in this Act, the land needed for 10 types of public uses such as roads, ditches, children’s playgrounds, neighborhood parks, public squares, green fields, primary schools, junior high schools, car parks, retailing markets, shall be covered as much as possible by the original public land used for roads, ditches, rivers and unregistered land. The part of land needed for public use having not been covered with public land, the expenses for engineering work and land consolidation, and the interest of loan shall be jointly contributed by the owners in proportion to the benefits that will accrue to them and met out of unused land, located in the consolidated area, to be given by the landowners, or with cash if there is not any unused land to be given in. If there is a time limit set for the payment, it may be transferred to the local court for special performance if the landowners fail to pay within the time limit.In case the lands subject to consolidation are reserved for public uses other than those prescribed in the preceding Paragraph, public land shall be preferentially distributed to their owners when all the lands in the consolidation area are under exchange and distribution.The area of lands to be given in by owners for public uses and to meet the expenses for engineering work and land consolidation and the interest of loan as prescribed in the first Paragraph of this Article shall not exceed 45 per cent of the total area of lands subject to consolidation, unless it is approved by more than half of the private landowners who own among themselves more than half of the land to be consolidated.