Soil and water Conservation Act Article 20

With respect to the reservoir watershed that is delimited as a designated soil and water conservation area, the management authority shall establish a protection belt from the top of the water line of the reservoir to 30m or 50m from the water level. The protection belts of other designated soil and water conservation areas will be established subject to the approval of the central competent authority upon the request of the management authority based on practical need.Any private land and public land within a protection belt as mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be subject to condemnation and appropriation respectively; in the event of land already leased, the lease shall be terminated and the land re-claimed.The area above the protection belt of the reservoir watershed, as mentioned in the first paragraph, being a forest shall be designated as protection forest and governed by the applicable provisions of the Forest Act.