All land lying within the territorial limits of the Republic of China shall belong to the Chinese people as a whole. Any part of the land whereof the ownership is lawfully acquired by an individual Chinese shall be private land.
Any land whereof private ownership is extinguished shall be owned by the State.

The kinds of rights to be created over land other than ownership shall conform to the provisions of the Civil Code.

Wherever private land becomes part of a lake or navigable waterway by the operation of natural forces, the ownership thereof shall be deemed to have been extinguished.
When any land referred to in the preceding paragraph reverts to its original condition and its original owner produces evidence to substantiate his original ownership, his ownership thereof shall be restored.

Where riparian land along lakes or waterways naturally accretes owing to the change of current, the owners of lands adjoining such accretions shall have the preferential right to acquire the ownership thereof, or to use them and enjoy incomes therefrom in accordance with Act.