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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4801

Country Year Title
1983 Law 1335 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
1993 Commission Regulation (EEC) N°752/93 of 30 March 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) N°3911/92 on the export of cultural goods [English]
  • Azerbaijan
1998 Law on Cinematography [Закон Азербайджанской Республики О кинематографии] Russian
  • Ecuador
1979 Law 3501 on Cultural Patrimony [Ley de Patrimonio Cultural 3501] Spanish; Castilian

Law 3501 on Cultural Patrimony (translation) [English]
  • Romania
2003 Decision 1420 [HOTARÂREA DE GUVERN nr. 1420/ 2003 pentru aprobarea Normelor privind comertul cu bunuri culturale mobile] Romanian
  • Australia
1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act, 1976 [English]
Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 [English]
  • San Marino
1995 Elenco dei manufatti o immobili con valore di monumento di cui al capo VII, Sezione I della legge 19 luglio 1995 N. 87 [Italian]
2001 Section 39 of the Slovak Republic Code No 91/2001 [Deklarácia Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky o ochrane kultúrneho dedičstva] Slovak

Slovak Republic Code No 91/2001, section 39 of 20th March 2001 (translation) [English]
  • Costa Rica
1995 Architectonic Historical Heritage Law
  • Zambia
1989 National Heritage Conservation Commission Act, 1989 [English]
1988 Antiquities Law n° 21 of 1988 (amended in 2004) [Arabic]
Antiquities Law n° 21 of 1988 (amended in 2004) [English]
  • Montenegro
Law on Protection of Cultural Monuments and General Provisions (no more in force) [English]
  • Serbia
1995 Rules on the method of keeping records on the real estate enjoying prior protection (Official Gazette of the RS, N.19/95) [Serbian]
  • Argentina
2003 Resolution 1134/2003, national register of the layers, of the archaeological collections and objects and of the contraveners and recidivists [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Russian Federation
1993 Law on Export and import of Cultural Property [ЗАКОН РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ Основы законодательства Российской Федерации о культуре 1993] Russian
  • Uruguay
1997 Decree n°273 on the Organizational Structure of the Heritage Commission [Spanish; Castilian]
1994 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 [English]
1994 Act on the implementation of certain provisions of the Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and on the application of the Protocol 1135/ 1994 [Laki kulttuuriomaisuuden suojelemista aseellisen selkkauksen sattuessa koskevan pöytäkirjan eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä ja pöytäkirjan soveltamisesta N:o 1135/ 1994] Finnish

Act on the implementation of certain provisions of the Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and on the application of the Protocol 1135/ 1994 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1972 Decree n°372 amending the Decree n°536 [Spanish; Castilian]
Dayton Peace Agreement Annex 8 (translation) [English]
  • Belgium
1998 Décret du gouvernement flamand fixant les règles relatives à l'octroi d'une aide financière pour des publications dans le domaine de la culture populaire [Decreet op de Volkscultuur: Decreet houdende de erkenning en subsidiëring van organisaties voor volkscultuur en de oprichting van het Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur van 27 oktober 1998] Dutch; Flemish
1980 National Heritage Act 1980 [English]
  • Latvia
2003 Regulations regarding the Registration, Protection, Utilisation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments, the Right of First Refusal of the State and the Granting of the Status of an Environment-Degrading Object [Latvian]
Regulations regarding the Registration, Protection, Utilisation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments, the Right of First Refusal of the State and the Granting of the Status of an Environment-Degrading Object (translation) [English]
  • Azerbaijan
1999 Law on Tourism [Закон Азербайджанской Республики О туризме] Russian
  • Ecuador
1978 Political Constitution of Ecuador (extract) [CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DEL ECUADOR 1978 (extracto)] Spanish; Castilian
  • Ecuador
1978 Political Constitution of Ecuador (extract) [CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DEL ECUADOR 1978 (extracto)] Spanish; Castilian
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
2003 Ministerial Decree 42426 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • India
1972 Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 [English]
1995 Merchant Shipping Act 1995 [English]
2000 Act 183 on Librairies, on the supplements of Act No. 27:1987 of the Slovak National Council on the state care of historical monuments and on the amendments and supplements of Act No. 68:1997 on Matica slovenská [183/2000 Z.z. ZÁKON z 12. mája 2000 o knižniciach, o doplnení zákona Slovenskej národnej rady č. 27/1987 Zb. o štátnej pamiatkovej starostlivosti a o zmene a doplnení zákona č. 68/1997 Z. z. o Matici slovenskej] Slovak

Act 183 on Librairies, on the supplements of Act No. 27:1987 of the Slovak National Council on the state care of historical monuments and on the amendments and supplements of Act No. 68:1997 on Matica slovenská (12/05/00) (translation) [English]
  • Costa Rica
1999 National System of Librairies
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Romania
2005 Ordinance 2375 [Ordinul nr. 2375 din 21.11.2005 pentru modificarea art. 4 din Anexa nr. 1 la Ordinul ministrului culturii şi cultelor nr.2535/27.02.2003 ] Romanian
  • Kuwait
1994 Antiquities Law n°9, 1994 [Arabic]
  • Argentina
2002 Law 25.568/2002 on the approval of Convention on the Defense of the Archaeological, Historical and Artistic Heritage of the American nations [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Malawi
1992 Monuments and Relics Arrangement of Sections [English]
  • Russian Federation
1996 Law on State Support of Cinematography [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О государственной поддержке кинематографии Российской Федерации] Russian
1999 Act on Restrictions to the Export of Cultural Objects 115/1999 [Laki kulttuuriesineiden maastaviennin rajoittamisesta 5.2.1999/115] Finnish
  • Kazakhstan
1996 Law on Culture [Russian]
  • Uruguay
1986 Executive Decree n°692 on article 15 of the Law n°14.343 [Spanish; Castilian]
2002 Decision imposing the RS Law on Implementation of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments established under Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Agreement (translation) [English]
1960 Tithe (Copies of Instruments of Apportionment) Rules 1960 [English]
  • Slovenia
2003 The Law on the Return of Unlawfully Removed Objects of Cultural Heritage [Slovenian]
The Law on the Return of Unlawfully Removed Objects of Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
  • Mexico
2003 Procedure INAH-00-003: Permit for allowing the exportation of reproductions of archaeological and historical monuments and to obtain registration in the INAH registry of reproducers and exporters [Spanish; Castilian]
Procedure INAH-00-003: Permit for allowing the exportation of reproductions of archaeological and historical monuments and to obtain registration in the INAH registry of reproducers and exporters (translation) [English]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
2006 Law 3520 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • Philippines
1974 Presidential Decree n°374 amending certain sections of Republic Act n°4846 [English]
  • Belarus
2000 Decree n°557 (21 April 2000) on Cultural Property Removal through the customs Border of the Republic of Belarus Order and its By-law [Russian]