Law No. 1/21 establishing the Expropriation for Public Utility.

This Law, consisting of 70 articles divided into five Chapters, establishes the basic law for Expropriation for Public Utility. It specifies principles and rules to be observed in expropriation for public utility by the competent Public Administration. This Law focuses on immovable property and the inherent rights. Excluded from the scope of the application are forced evictions, nationalizations, confiscations, easements, resettlement, civil requisition, expropriation for private purposes, temporary occupation of properties, eviction for public utility, etc. The Law is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I); Assumptions for Expropriation (Chap. II); Expropriation Process (Chap. III); Reversal of Expropriated Assets (Chap. IV); Final and Transitional Provisions (Chap. V).