ABSTRACT
The system is widely regarded as a comprehensive land-improvement measure. In the legal system in the Republic of China (ROC), zone expropriation first surfaced in the Land Law of 1930, which was enacted only in mainland China, as imperial Japan ruled Taiwan until 1945. In the 1970s and 1980s, limited public funds, coupled with objections from landowners, resulted in a notably low number of actual zone expropriations. The function of zone expropriation gradually evolved into a promotion of land development and land use. Land, after it is obtained through zone expropriation, becomes public. The post-expropriation guidelines previously mentioned reveal that parts of expropriated lands are used for compensation and that other parts are sold or leased, the latter parts being the land finally transferred to private persons or enterprises other than the original landowners. Expropriation is a means by which government can completely deprive people of their property.
