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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4800

Country Year Title
  • Kuwait
1960 Law of Antiquities and amendments thereto [English]
  • Azerbaijan
1998 Law on Protection of History and Culture movements [Закон Азербайджанской Республики Об охране памятников истории и культуры] Russian
1983 Law on the protection of Antiquities [قانون رقم 117 لسنه 1983 قانون حماية الآثار] Arabic

Loi sur la protection des antiquités (traduction) [French]
  • Monaco
1928 Law n° 1014 of December 1928 concerning the public sale of pieces of furniture [French]
  • Argentina
2004 Decree on the protection of the archaeological and paleontological heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
  • San Marino
1991 Legge 13 novembre 1991 N. 140 pubblicata il 27 novembre 1991 [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]
  • France
Heritage Code (to visualise this document please consult the following website: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
  • Tunisia
1994 Law 94-122 on the promulgtaion of the Code for Town and Country Planning and Urbanism [French]
1985 The Decree on the Protection of the Buildings owned by the State (no longer in force) [Asetus valtion omistamien rakennusten suojelusta 14.6.1985/480] Finnish
  • Serbia
1996 Decision on defining the Territory of the Archive (Official Gazette of the RS, N.7/96) [Serbian]
  • Uruguay
1975 Law n°14.343 on the National Naval Prefecture [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Albania
2003 Per trashegimine kulturore [Per trashegimine kulturore] Albanian

For the Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
1992 Council Regulation (EEC) N°3911/92 of 9 December 1992 on the export of cultural goods [English]
  • Peru
2002 Law N° 27721 declaring of national interest the inventory, cadastre development, research, preservation, protection and promotion of national archaeological sites and areas [Spanish; Castilian]
Law N° 27721 declaring of national interest the inventory, cadastre development, research, preservation, protection and promotion of national archaeological sites and areas (translation) [English]
  • Ecuador
1984 Executive Decree 2733 on the General Bylaws to the Law on Cultural Heritage [Decreto 2733 sobre el Reglamento General de la Ley sobre el Patrimonio Cultural] Spanish; Castilian

Executive Decree 2733 on the General Bylaws to the Law on Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
  • Ukraine
1999 ЗАКОН УКРАЇНИ Про вивезення, ввезення та повернення культурних цінностей [Ukrainian]
Law of Ukraine on Exportation, importation and restitution of cultural values [English]
  • Guatemala
2003 Ministerial Agreement 721 of 2003 [Spanish; Castilian]
Ministerial agreement 721 of 2003 (translation) [English]
  • Australia
1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act, 1976 [English]
  • Belgium
2002 Regulatory on the Management of Cultural private Archives [Archiefdecreet 2: Decreet van 19 juli 2002 houdende de privaatrechtelijke culturele archiefwerking] Dutch; Flemish

Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand portant exécution du décret du 19 juillet 2002 relatif à la gestion d'archives culturelles de droit privé [French]
  • Costa Rica
1990 National system of archive (regulation)
  • Zambia
1966 National Museums Act [English]
  • Azerbaijan
1999 Law on Tourism [Закон Азербайджанской Республики О туризме] Russian
  • Montenegro
Law on Protection of Cultural Monuments and General Provisions (no more in force) [English]
  • Romania
2000 Ordinance 43 [ORDONANTA nr. 43 din 30 ianuarie 2000 privind protectia patrimoniului arheologic si declararea unor situri arheologice ca zone de interes national] Romanian
  • Argentina
2003 Resolution 1134/2003, national register of the layers, of the archaeological collections and objects and of the contraveners and recidivists [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Kenya
1983 The Antiquities Monuments Act [English]
  • Uruguay
1997 Decree n°273 on the Organizational Structure of the Heritage Commission [Spanish; Castilian]
1994 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 [English]
  • Romania
2000 Ordinance 44 [ORDONANTA nr. 44 din 30 ianuarie 2000*) referitoare la unele masuri privind asigurarea bunurilor culturale mobile exportate temporar - Republicare ] Romanian
1994 Decree on the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the related Protocol and accepting and applying certain provisions of the Protocol 1136/ 1994 [Asetus kulttuuriomaisuuden suojelemista aseellisen selkkauksen sattuessa koskevan yleissopimuksen ja siihen liittyvän pöytäkirjan voimaansaattamisesta ja pöytäkirjan eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä ja soveltamisesta annetun lain voimaantulosta N:o 1136/ 1994] Finnish

The Decree on the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the related Protocol and accepting and applying certain provisions of the Protocol 1136/ 1994 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1972 Decree n°372 amending the Decree n°536 [Spanish; Castilian]
Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (translation) [English]
  • Russian Federation
1996 Law on Museum Fund of the Russian Federation and Museums [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О Музейном фонде Российской Федерации и музеях в Российской Федерации] Russian
1979 Sale of Goods Act 1979 [English]
  • Peru
1994 Law Nº 26282 about the Conservation, Protection and Promotion of the Archeological Heritage of SIPAN declared of national interest [Spanish; Castilian]
Law Nº 26282 about the Conservation, Protection and Promotion of the Archeological Heritage of SIPAN declared of national interest (translation) [English]
  • Mexico
2001 Federal Law on national properties [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
  • Kazakhstan
1992 Law on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage [Об охpане и использовании истоpико-культуpного наследия] Russian
1995 Merchant Shipping Act 1995 [English]
  • Costa Rica
1999 National System of Librairies
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Kuwait
1994 Antiquities Law n°9, 1994 [Arabic]
2002 Treasure (Designation) Order 2666 [English]
2005 Law 3317 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • Malawi
1992 Monuments and Relics Arrangement of Sections [English]
  • Belarus
1992 By-law of the Law n° 1940-XII (13 November 1992) of the Republic of Belarus on the Protection of the Historical Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
2001 Law n°17.296 on the Expropriation of Buildings declared as Historic Monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
1930 National Monuments Act, 1930 [English]