Soil and water Conservation Act Article 22

If slopeland utilization exceeding prescribed limits or if land is not used pursuant to Article 10 or soil and water conservation is not treated and maintained in accordance with the Soil and Water Conservation Technical Specifications when farming, forestry, fishing, or herding activities are being conducted, the special municipality or county/city competent authority will request, in conjunction with the relevant authorities, the soil and water conservation obligor to cure within a prescribed time limit. Where no cure is made within the time limit prescribed or where soil and water conservation treatment and maintenance does not conform to the Soil and Water Conservation Technical Specifications, the relevant authorities may be requested to take any of the following actions:1.Where the land for lease or sale or in which farming right has been registered is public land, the lease, sale or farming right will be terminated or revoked and the land will be re- claimed and dealt with separately; in the event of land for sale, the land price already paid will be confiscated;2.Where the land borrowed or appropriated is public land, it will be re-claimed by the original owner or management authority; and3.Where the land is private land, the development thereof will be ceased.Any ground objects under any of the preceding subparagraphs will be harvested or handled by the operator, user or owner within the prescribed time limit, otherwise, the egulatory authority may directly clear such objects in conjunction with the land management authority; The Forest Act shall further apply in the event of national or public forest land for lease.