Título I. De la declaración

For the purposes of this law, "public utility or necessity or social interest" means anything tending to satisfy a collective need, whether of a material or spiritual nature.

The declaration of public utility and necessity or social interest corresponds to the Congress of the Republic.

The declaration referred to in the preceding article shall be made, with precise reference, whenever possible, to the affected property, determining the object of the expropriation in terms that do not allow the expropriatory action to be extended to property other than that which is necessary to achieve the collective satisfaction sought to be accomplished.