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Chapter fifty EXPROPRIATION
is involved, its value shall be provisionally ascertained and the amount to be deposited shall be promptly fixed by the court.
After such deposit is made, the court shall order the sheriff or other proper officer to forthwith place the plaintiff in possession of the property involved and promptly submit a report thereof to the court with service of copies to the parties.
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For expropriation under R.A. No. eight nine seven four, the government is required to make an initial payment for the just compensation immediately upon the filing of the complaint. Such amount to be initially paid shall be equivalent to one hundred percent of the value of the property based on the current relevant zonal valuation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and the value of the improvements and/or structures sought to be expropriated. In provinces, cities, municipalities, and other areas where there is no zonal valuation, the Bureau of Internal Revenue is mandated by law to come up with a zonal valuation for said area within the period of sixty days from the date of the expropriation case.
It must be noted that prior to the effectivity of said law, the amount of just compensation shall be based on the value of the land at the time of the taking or at the time of the filing of the complaint for expropriation whichever came first. It being a substantive law, however, it cannot be given retroactive effect.