Land Law. Country/Territory Taiwan Province of China Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Traditional rights/customary rights Tax/levy Cadastre/land registration Survey/mapping Ownership Land tenure Lease Right of use Common property Transfer Prescription/adverse possession Abandoned land/unoccupied land Expropriation Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Law has come into force on 26 January 2000. Abstract The Law consists of V Parts divided into 57 articles. Part I includes general provisions (A); the right of ownership (B); the use limitation of the ownership right (C); public land (D); adjustment of the ownership right (E). Part II concerns the cadastre, it includes general rules (A); cadastration (B); land registration (C); registration of ownership right amendment (D). Part III concerns the use of the land, it is divided into six chapters: general rules (A); the confinement of the use of the land (B); the use for house and foundation (C); rent of cultivation land (D); the use of abandoned land (E); re-delimitation of the land (F). Part IV regulates the tax, it includes general rules of land tax (A); the price of land (B); land tax (C); added tax (D); tax on land/building changement (E); deduction/exemption of land tax (F); tax arrears (G). Final part concerns expropriation; it includes general rules (A); procedures (B); and compensation (C). Full text Chinese References - Legislation Implemented by Implementation Measures of the Land Law. Legislation | Taiwan Province of China | 2000 Keyword: Land tenure, Ownership, Lease, Traditional rights/customary rights, Right of use, Common property, Prescription/adverse possession, Transfer, Institution, Tax/levy, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Land Law Amendment. Legislation | Taiwan Province of China | 2011 Keyword: Traditional rights/customary rights, Tax/levy, Cadastre/land registration, Survey/mapping, Ownership, Land tenure, Lease, Right of use, Common property, Transfer, Prescription/adverse possession, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Expropriation Source: FAO, FAOLEX