Normally, if the government serves an individual with a notice to
expropriate, the land will likely be taken.
"Jim Murphy can't surely mean he is going to
expropriate money from Londoners to win an election in Scotland."
While the federal government can
expropriate land, (Expropriation Act, RSC 1985) most expropriations come under provincial legislation.
On 16 April Argentina's government announced its decision to table a draft law in its Congress to
expropriate 51 percent of the shares in the YPF hydrocarbons corporation, which is majority-owned by Repsol.
"Regarding expropriation in Judia and Samaria, it should be mentioned that international law generally denies the military government the authority to
expropriate land in occupied territories; however, there is evidence supporting the position that it is permissible to
expropriate land for the needs of the local population upon payment of compensation." Having previously done it for roads and public buildings, "it may also be permissible to (do so) for an industrial zone....whose construction is approved under the local planning and building laws."
In the fall, the prefectural government will file an application with the ministry's local bureau for authorization to
expropriate the remaining property under the land expropriation law, they said.
taxpayers heavily subsidize these operations and guarantee them against loss, should the Communist government later
expropriate their facilities; the U.S.
The draft aims to simplify procedures required before central or local governments can
expropriate plots of land owned by private landowners for public works.
Canada -- The Canadian government has threatened to
expropriate a portion of British Columbia's Nanoose Bay, so that the US Navy can continue to test weapons in Canadian waters.
More Power, which does not have distribution assets, has filed a petition before the Iloilo Regional Trial Court to
expropriate Peco's distribution assets.
Duterte threatened to
expropriate the franchise of Palawan's energy cooperative and turn it over to another entity that will do a better job in addressing the power outages.