Irrigation Act Article 8
No one shall arbitrarily alter or demolish farmland water conservancy facilities. However, in order to increase the utilization benefits of land, serve the public interest, provide land for the construction of infrastructure, or that the surrounding farmland has already been rezoned as nonagricultural use, an applicant may, with an attached plan, apply to the Competent Authority, and after receiving authorization, may alter or demolish such facilities within the scope of the authorization; the applicant shall bear the expense.Regulations governing the qualifications of applicants as mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, application procedures, the required contents of plans, documents that shall be attached, conditions for authorization, withdrawal of authorization, and other relevant matters shall be stipulated by the Competent Authority.
中文原文 農田水利法第8條
任何人不得任意變更或拆除農田水利設施。
但為提高土地運用效益、增進公共利益、供公共建設所需或周遭農田已變更為非農業使用，申請人得檢附計畫書，向主管機關申請許可後，依許可內容辦理變更或拆除，並負擔其費用。
前項申請人資格、申請程序、計畫書應記載內容、應檢附文件、許可條件、廢止許可及其他相關事項之辦法，由主管機關定之。
但為提高土地運用效益、增進公共利益、供公共建設所需或周遭農田已變更為非農業使用，申請人得檢附計畫書，向主管機關申請許可後，依許可內容辦理變更或拆除，並負擔其費用。
前項申請人資格、申請程序、計畫書應記載內容、應檢附文件、許可條件、廢止許可及其他相關事項之辦法，由主管機關定之。