Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
Laws and Regulations Retrieving System

Chapter 1　General Principles

Article 1

With regard to the acquisition, management, utilization, revenue and disposition of national property, this Act shall prevail. For such matters not specified herein,
other relevant Acts shall apply.

Article 2

The national property is derived by Acts, or from exercise of government power,
purchase or contribution. 

Unless otherwise specified in other relevant Acts, all properties not belonging to
private or local government shall be deemed to be the national property.

Article 3

The scope of the national property derived from the foregoing article is as follows:

1.Real Estate: refers to lands, improvements and natural resources.

2.Personal property: refers to mechanical facilities, transportation facilities and
  other miscellaneous facilities.

3.Securities: refers to shares or stocks and bonds owned by the nation.

4.Rights: refers to the property rights of superficies, easement, dien, mortgage,
  mining, fishery, patent, copyright, trademark and others.

Detailed property classification of the foregoing paragraph subparagraph 2 shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Yuan.

Article 4

The national property is divided into public use and non-public use property.

 Public use properties are as follows:

1.Office use property: national property used by government authorities, military
  offices, public schools, official operations and dormitories.

2.Public use property: national property used for public facilities directly offered
  by the nation.

3.Enterprises property: national property used by state-owned enterprises. But if the
  state-owned enterprise is a company, the national property is only referred to its
  shares.

All national properties aside from public use property is non-public use property such property may be benefited or sold.

Article 5

The utilization or management of the national property aside from the scope of paragraph
1 of Article 3 is determined by other correlative decrees:

1.Military materials and equipments.

2.Books, historic materials, antiques and contents in the National Palace museum.

3.Productive materials of state-owned enterprises.

4.Other tangible or intangible properties should be provided for public use or preserved.

Article 6

In order to ensure land utilization of each frontier nation, state shall depend on
local actual situation to reserve national land and its improvements, the management regulation shall be prescribed by the Executive Yuan.

Article 7

The revenue and disposition of the national property shall be handled in accordance
with budget procedures; the revenue should be turned in to the national treasury.

Making revenue or disposition of enterprise use properties shall be determined by regulations and procedures related to the government-owned enterprise during the period
of utilization or converted to non-public use property.

Article 8

The national land and its improvement, except for benefiting and subparagraph 3
paragraph 2 of Article 4 for enterprise use, is exempted from land taxes and constructional improvement taxes.
　　　　　　
Chapter 2　Organization

Article 9

The Ministry of Finance is in overall charge of the national property affairs under the commission of the Executive Yuan.

The Ministry of Finance establishes National Property administration to undertake the proceeding affairs; its organization is determined by Act.

Article 10

The competent authority of the public use property is in accordance with the Budget
Act.

The public use property utilized by two or more organizations is not administered by
the same organization, the Executive Yuan shall appoint its competent authority.

Article 11

The organization that utilizes and manages public use property directly is the administration authority.

Article 12

The National Property Administration is the administration authority of non-public use property, which manages the property under the commission of the Ministry of Finance.

Article 13

Depending on the actual situation, the Ministry of Finance shall entrust local
government or proper institution to manage non-public use national property.

Article 14

The overseas national property is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by each consulate; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall entrust proper institutions to manage it if no consulate in the locality.

Article 15

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Article 16

The National Property Administration established the Assessment Committee of National Property to assess the sale price of national property; its organization is determined
by the Ministry of Finance.

Chapter 3　Management

Section 1 Registration

Article 17

The real estate, personal property, securities and rights mentioned in Article 3 shall
be registered as national property or identify ownership under relevant regulations.

Article 18

The administration authority shall entrust the land office of municipality or county (city) to register the national real estate.

Administration authorities shall handle relevant procedures of identifying ownership
for personal property, securities and rights.

Title deed acquired under this Article, except for provision of Article 26, shall be
kept under administration authorities.

Article 19

The National Property Administration or its branches shall entrust the land office of municipality or county (city) to register the unregistered land, except that the
public use property is handled by foregoing Article; the registration shall be scheduled to periods and districts if necessarily.

Article 20

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs or local consulates shall identify the procedures of overseas national property ownership in accordance with the Act in the locality.

Section 2 Property Cadastration

Article 21

Administration authority should set up the national property data card and subsidiary ledger, make the category, number, card, keep accounts, make an inventory and submit
to competent authority; the modification shall be handled by the procedure of the accounting report.

Article 22

The Ministry of Finance shall compile a general ledger of national property that is
in accordance with the data sent by administration authority to proceed arrangement, classification and registration.

Article 23

National property, which is lost, damaged, disassembled or refitted, needs to be
scrapped under approval of relevant authority, or sold, or donated under this Act,
shall be made a list and summit to the Ministry of Finance by administration
authorities within 3 months to write off property register, however, that this
restriction shall not apply to the civil or criminal case.

Article 24

The formats of the card, ledger, table and sheet and the property number mentioned in Article 21 to Article 23 shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Finance consulting with the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Audit.

Section 3 Maintenance

Article 25

National property, except scrapped in accordance with regulations, administration authorities shall maintain and refit with attention, and forbid anyone to damage and discard.

Article 26

The securities shall be kept by the local national treasury or its agency.

Article 27

The administrator of the national property, damaging the property with intent or negligence, except for criminal responsibility, shall be delivered by administration authority to the court and responsible for compensation. However, the damages occurred under force majeure, the responsibility is identified by Audit authority.

Article 28

The competent authority or administration authority shall not dispose or make profits
from public use property, however, that this restriction shall not apply to making
profits without against the enterprise purpose or primary purpose.

Article 29

National property in abroad shall not be disposed without approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and agreement of the Ministry of Finance. However, if encounter with international emergency, proper handling is permitted and shall report to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, at the same time, deliver to the Ministry of Finance and relevant authorities.

Article 30

The competent authority or administration authority shall file a written-off
prosecution in accordance with the provisions of Civil Code after investigating
and identifying that the national property right is registered by false and entrust
the land office of municipality or county (city) to make objection registration.

The applicant and registrant who make false registration mentioned in the proceeding paragraph shall be delivered to courts.

Article 31

The administrators of the national property shall not purchase or rent national
property, or conduct disposition and profit acts that are favorable for
administrators themselves.

Acts violating the proceeding paragraph are invalid.

Chapter 4　 Utilization

Section 1 Purpose of public use property

Article 32

The public use property should be utilized in accordance with predetermined plans, stipulated purposes or enterprise purposes; of which, the enterprise use property is
still applicable for operating budget procedures.

Unless otherwise specified in Acts, administration authorities shall plan the
development, utilization of natural resources appropriately and efficiently.

Article 33

The public use property shall convert to the non-public use property when its purpose is abolished. The land expropriated by Laws shall apply the provisions of the Land Act and the Land Expropriation Act.

Article 34

Based on the national policy, the Ministry of Finance shall convert public use
property into non-public use property after the agreement of competent authority
and approval of the Executive Yuan.

The Ministry of Finance shall make agreement with competent authority to exchange the category of public and non-public property, after the approval of the Executive Yuan.

Article 35

The competent authority shall supervise the administration authority to deliver the property to the National Property Administration to take over when the property is converted into non-public use. But this belonging to enterprise-used property formerly
is handled by the original competent authority of the enterprise in accordance with
the budget procedure.

The National Property Administration shall deliver the property to the competent or administration authority to take over when the property is converted into public use
by the approval.

Article 36

Based on the actual need, the competent authority shall convert the purpose of
official and public use property within the stipulated purpose, and exchange this
kind of property for use. 

If the converting purpose or exchanging for use referred to in the foregoing
paragraph must change the competent authority, the competent authorities concerned
shall make an agreement and obtain approval from the Ministry of Finance.

Article 37

The property acquired by the contribution, which is within the scope of the provision
of Article 3, shall be reported by the authority accepted the contribution to the
Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance shall submit it to the Executive Yuan
to appoint the competent authority according to the purpose.

Section 2 The appropriation of non-public use property

Article 38

Each government authority shall appropriate the non-public use real estate for official
or public use, however, with one of situations in the following shall not apply:

1.Locating in prosperous area, the purpose of application for appropriation with no 
  special needs.

2.For the purpose of dormitory.

3.Violating the provisions of zoning of regional or urban planning.

For the appropriation of proceeding paragraph, the applying authority shall attach the land use plan and drawings and summit to the superior authority for identifying, after
the agreement of the National Property Administration, submit to the Executive Yuan for approval.

Article 39

2. The original purpose has been changed.

3. Aside from the use of original purpose, make other use for profit without approval.

4. Letting others use without approval.

5. Building sites vacated for more than one year without start construction.
 
Section 3 Borrowing of non-public use property

Article 40

The non-public use property shall be borrowed within 3 months for temporary or
emergency official or public use by each government authority, military office,
public school. If the property is land, shall not provide for construction.

The procedure for borrowing of proceeding paragraph shall be agreed by the
administration authority and inform the Ministry of Finance.

Article 41

After being borrowed, non-public use property with one of situations in the following items, should be taken back by the administration authority:

1. Abolished the borrowing purpose.

2 Except primary purpose to make profit without approval.

3.Letting others use without approval.

When withdrawing, no claim for the compensation upon addition, improvement or repair
of non-public use property during borrowing period.

Chapter 5 Revenue

Section 1 Lease of non-public use property

Article 42

The non-public use real estate shall be leased by tendering. One of the items in the following shall lease directly:

1.The lease term expired within 6 months.

2.Those who has utilized the real estate in deed before July 21, 1993, and are willing
  to pay the compensation for the occupying period.

3.Those shall purchase in accordance with Acts.

The lease agreement of the non-public real estate shall become valid in a writing form.

If the leasehold relation has become non-periodic in accordance with Acts, the tenant shall institute covenant in written within stipulated period; if not, the administration authority shall terminate the leasehold relation.

The proceeding lease term and regulations for the leasing and management of non-public real estate shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Finance and promulgated after the approval of the Executive Yuan.

Article 43

The lease term of the non-public use real estate shall be determined under the provisions in the following items:

1.Constructional improvement, under 5 years.

2.Building lot, under 20 years.

3.Other land, 6 to 10 years.

When the lease term expires, shall be renewed.

The rent of the non-public use real estate is determined by the relevant Land Acts; for such matters not specified in Land Acts, shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Finance referring to the actual situation and then submitted to the Executive Yuan for approval. However, the lease by tendering or for business, the rent shall not be applied to the relevant Land Acts.

Article 44

Unless prescribed by the provisions of other relevant acts, the leased real estate
shall be terminated the lease agreement and taken back in case of any of the following situations:

1. When converted into public use property based on the national policy.

2.When tenant changes the agreed purpose.

3.When developing, utilizing or rebuilding, and the withdrawal becoming necessary.

The tenant shall claim for compensation if the lease agreement terminated by the proceeding subparagraph 1and 3. And the standard shall be approved by the Ministry of Finance.

When terminated the lease agreement, except for the part of the addition or improvement approved by the leasing authority the tenant shall claim compensation, the leasing land shall be taken back without compensation; if property damaged them, the tenant shall restore to its original condition.

Article 45

The non-public use personal property shall be no leasing in principle. However, based
on the national policy or treasury profit, the personal property shall be leased after specifically approved by the Ministry of Finance.

Section 2 Utilizing of non-public use property

Article 46

The national farmland shall provide for leasing or sale; the regulations shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Interior consulting with the Ministry of Finance and
then approved by the Executive Yuan.

To handle leasing for those of the marginal land and coastland that can be developed
for enterprise use such as sightseeing or bathing beach etc.; and to handle leasing or sale for those that can used for enterprise use such as forestation, land-reclamation
and cultivation etc. The regulations shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the relevant government authorities and then be approved by the
Executive Yuan.

Article 47

The non-public use real estate may provide for development by the Act.

National Property Administration may handle the following matters by means of entrust, cooperation and trust in keeping with regional planning and urban planning:

1.Land improvement.

2.Constructing official or public houses.

3.Other enterprises not for constructing houses.

The improved lands shall be sold by tendering. However if there is special situation
and suitable to be handled by means of creation of superficies or other ways, the case shall be approved by the Executive Yuan.

If the enterprises in the paragraph 2 involve the investment by the National Property Administration in accordance with its program, the National Property Administration
shall draw up a budget.

Article 48

The non-public use personal property shall provide for investment based on the need of
the national policy and treasury profits.

Chapter 6　Disposition

Section 2 Disposition of non-public use real estate

Article 49

The non-public use real estate shall be sold to the leaseholders.

The scope about the sale in the foregoing paragraph shall be prescribed by the
Executive Yuan.

The non-public use real estate that shall annex adjacent land identified by the local government shall be sold to the owner of the adjacent land.

The sale in the first and third paragraphs shall be handled by the National Property Administration.

Article 50

The non-public use real estate shall be sold to the central government-owned enterprise
or local government-owned enterprise for the business need.

The sale in the foregoing paragraph shall be handled by the competent authority
conferring with the Ministry of Finance for approval and agreed by the Audit authority.

Article 51

The non-public use real estate shall be sold to the public welfare enterprise or the charity and rescue enterprise for the needs of the society, culture, education,
charity, relief organizations.

The sale in the foregoing paragraph shall be handled by the competent authority
conferring with the Ministry of Finance and submitted to the Executive Yuan for
approval as well as agreed by the Audit authority.

Article 52

The non-public use land shall be sold to provide for the use of constructing public housing or for encouraging the investment.

The sale in the foregoing paragraph shall be handled under the Public Housing Act and other regulations.

Article 52-1

The non-public use real estate shall be reported to the Ministry of Finance for approval to sell specifically in case of any of the following situations:

1.The national house occupying private lands.

2.The national house has been sold, however, the building lot has not.

3.The national portion of the joint ownership of real estate.

4.National real estate within the scope of obtaining the whole development permission.

5.The land category is “grave” with tombs on it but not belongs to the cemetery.

6.Others not included in the proceeding five subparagraphs have special use situations
  and location.

The non-public use real estate that is not suitable for sale by tendering based on the need of national infrastructure projects shall be approved by the Executive Yuan for specific sale.

In order to enhance the value of non-public use real estate, the non-public use real estate shall exchange the ownership owned by others after the specific approval of the Ministry of Finance. The regulations shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Finance
and approved by the Executive Yuan.

Article 52-2

The non-public use real estate that has been used for building and dwelling since Dem.
31, 1946 until now, the user shall, before Jan. 13, 2015, submit the relevant documents and apply for sale to the National Property Administration or its branches. When the application is approved, the value of the land shall be valuated based on the first announced land current value if its area is less than 500㎡.

Article 53

Non-public use vacant house, land with no specific use and its area is less than 1,650 square meters shall be sold by public tendering by the National Property Administration, MOF. If its area is 1,650 square meters or more, it shall not be sold by public tendering.

Article 54

The use of the non-public use real estate has no leasehold relations or not in
accordance with the provision of subparagraph 1 paragraph 2 of Article 42, the real
estate shall be taken back for sale by tendering or for development.

In case of any of the following situations, the real estate shall be sold by tendering under current situation when approved by the Ministry of Finance:

1.Approved by the Ministry of Finance to take over under current situation.

2.Having graves on or using as graveyard when taking over.

3.With complex use, not able to be vacanted and sold to tender within a short time and
  with special situation to be sold urgently.

The sale by tendering in the foregoing paragraph shall be handled by the National
Property Administration.

Section 2 Disposition of non-public use personal property, securities and rights

Article 55

The non-public use personal property that cannot use any more shall be sold by
tendering, or after disassembled, refit or sell by tendering with the remained parts.

The sale by tender, disassembling or refitting in the foregoing paragraph shall be
handled by the National Property Administration after reporting to the Ministry of
Finance and then submit to the Audit authority for scrapping.

Article 56

Securities shall be sold after the approval of the Executive Yuan.

The sale in the foregoing paragraph shall be agreed by the Audit authority and is
handled by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Securities & Exchange Act.

Article 57

Disposition upon property rights of subparagraph 4 paragraph 1 of Article 3 shall be approval by the competent authority or the Ministry of Finance in accordance with its category.

Section 3 Evaluation

Article 58

Evaluation methods of the national property shall be drawn out by the Assessment
Committee of National Property and submitted by the Ministry of Finance to the
Executive Yuan for approval. The value for the granting land is handled in accordance
with the relevant granting regulations.

The value of the securities is approved by the Ministry of Finance.

Article 59

The assessed value of non-public use property reaching the examined amount in the Audit Act shall be agreed by the Audit authority.

Section 4 Contribution

Article 60

If contributing of the overseas national property to foreign governments or their
citizens is necessary, the case shall be submitted to the Executive Yuan for approval.

The contribution of the domestic national property is limited to the personal property. However the real estate used by temples, churches shall be donated to the corporate
body instituted by these temples and churches if necessarily.

The contribution regulations in the foregoing paragraph is prescribed by the Executive Yuan.

Chapter 7　Inspection

Section 1 Property inspecting

Article 61

Inspection of National Property, except for examining anytime conducted by Audit
Authority through Audit Act, the competent authorities shall regularly and irregularly inspect the property management, utilization, revenue and disposition on properties managed by each administration authorities or overseas entrusted organization.

Article 62

The Ministry of Finance shall inquire of competent authorities and entrusted
organizations about the management of public property anytime.

Article 63

The Ministry of Finance shall examine at any time the management or operation of
nonpublic property administered by the National Property Administration or entrusted operating enterprise organizations, and identify that if purposes changed after appropriating or borrowing.

Section 2 Property Report

Article 64

Administration authorities or entrusted organization shall draw up modificatory plan
for public properties before every fiscal year beginning, and be submitted to competent authorities for verification, and be examined by the Ministry of Finance.

Article 65

The National Property Administration and consigned operating enterprise organizations shall draw up administering or operating plan for non-public properties before every fiscal year beginning and submit it to the Ministry of Finance for examination and approval.

Article 66

The Ministry of Finance should, before every fiscal year beginning, give audit comments
on plans for public and non-public properties mentioned in Article 64 and Article 65 and turn them to the Executive Yuan; items related to disposition shall be included in
general annual budget of Central Government.

Article 67

Administration authorities and entrusted organizations shall compile public properties catalog and add-and-subtract forms of properties and submit them to competent
authorities for collecting, and be transferred to the Ministry of Finance, Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics, and the Ministry of Audit.

Article 68

The National Property Administration and entrusted operating enterprises organizations shall, when every fiscal year ending, compile non-public properties catalog and add-and-subtract forms of properties, and submit them to the Ministry of Finance and transfer
them respectively to Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics, and the Ministry of Audit.

Article 69

The Ministry of Finance shall, when every fiscal year ending, compile master catalog of properties upon data provided by each competent authority and the National Property Administration etc., and sumit it to the Executive Yuan to be assembled into general
final annual accounts of Central Government.

Article 70

The format of plan, catalog and form in Article 64 to Article 69 is drawn up by Ministry of Finance after consulting it with Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics, and the Ministry of Audit.

Chapter 8　Supplementary Provisions

Article 71

Person in charge of National Property violates Article 21, i.e. he fails to record
accrued account, and conducts concealing or misappropriation of property, his penalty shall be sharpened till 1/2.

Article 72

National Property having been embedded or sunk, its regulations on excavation and
salvage are prescribed by the Executive Yuan.

Article 73

National Property discovered by report when failed to take over, or recovered by
report when concealed by others, or salvaged and dug by report, reporter shall be
bestowed less than 10% premiums of total value of properties.

Article 74

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Article 75

The area in which this Act shall be effective shall be determined by the Executive
Yuan.

Article 76

The Enforcement rules of this Act shall be prescribed by the Executive Yuan.

Article 77

This Act shall be enforced from the date of promulgation