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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4800

Country Year Title
  • Cuba
1977 Law No.2 on National and Local Monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
Law No.2 on National and Local Monuments (translation) [English]
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Serbia
1994 Law on Cultural Property [Serbian]
Law on Cultural Property (translation) [English]
  • Tunisia
1993 Décret 93-1609 fixant l'organisation de l'Institut National du Patrimoine et les modalités de son fonctionnement (traduction) [French]
1995 Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order [English]
  • Seychelles
1999 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1999 [English]
  • Peru
1984 Civil Code [Spanish; Castilian]
Civil Code (Legislative Decree N. 295-translation) [English]
1972 Antiquities Law n° M 26 on 23/6/1392 (Hegira calendar) [Arabic]
Antiquities Law n° M 26 on 23/6/1392 (Hegira calendar) (translation) [English]
  • Monaco
1998 Law n° 1.198 of March 1998 Code on the Sea [French]
  • Guatemala
1957 Regulatory Measure on the Functionment of the Tikal's Park [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Argentina
2004 Resolution 2272/2004 about protection of the archaeological and paleontological heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Uruguay
1994 Law n°16.466 on Environmental Protection [Spanish; Castilian]
2002 Rule book on the Activities of the Commission to Preserve National Monulents [ODLUKUO KOMISIJI ZA OČUVANJE NACIONALNIH SPOMENIKA] Bosnian

RULEBOOK ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION TO PRESERVE NATIONAL MONUMENTS AS REGARDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (translation) [English]
  • Azerbaijan
1998 Law on Cinematography [Закон Азербайджанской Республики О кинематографии] Russian
1922 Law of Property Act 1922 Chapter 16( no more in force) [English]
  • Romania
2003 Law 311 [LEGEA nr. 311 din 8 iulie 2003 muzeelor si a colectiilor publice] Romanian
  • Uruguay
1972 Executive Decree n°536 for the Law 14.040 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
  • San Marino
1995 Legge 19 luglio 1995 N. 87: testo unico delle leggi urbanistiche ed editizie [Italian]
2002 Act 395 of 17 May 2002 on Archives and Registries and on the Amendments of certain Acts (translation) [English]
2002 Export Control Act 2002 [English]
  • Senegal
1971 Law 71-12 establishing the statutes of Historical Monuments and Excavations and Discoveries [French]
  • Cuba
1983 Decree 118 on the Regulation for the enforcement of the Act on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
Decree 118 on the Regulation for the enforcement of the Act on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Australia
1986 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act, 1986 [English]
1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act [English]
  • Russian Federation
1992 Law on basics of Culture Legislation [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О вывозе и ввозе культурных ценностей 1992] Russian
  • Peru
2000 Regulation on Archaeological Investigations [English]
1983 Law on the protection of Antiquities [قانون رقم 117 لسنه 1983 قانون حماية الآثار] Arabic

Law on the protection of Antiquities (translation) [English]
  • Monaco
List of national texts and international conventions related to the cultural heritage protection [French]
  • Guatemala
2000 Regulatory for the protection and Conservation of the Historic Center of Guatemala City [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Argentina
2004 Decree 1073/2004 on the incorporation of the federal Administration of the public Receipts, autarkical entity of the Ministry for the Economy and the Production, within the Argentinian Committee of fight against the illicit traffic of cultural goods [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Uruguay
1996 Executive Decree n°294 on article 344 of the Law n°16.736 from 05.01.96 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • France
1993 Customs Code (to visualise this document please consult the following website: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr)
  • 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]
1985 The Act on the Protection of Buildings (no longer in force) [Rakennussuojelulaki 18.1.1985/60] Finnish
2003 Ministerial Decree 42426 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • Uruguay
1975 Law n°14.416 on the Authorization of the Creation of the Honorary Executive Board of Colonian°14.416 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Belarus
1992 Protection of Historical Cultural Heritage Act 1940-XII [ОБ ОХРАНЕ ИСТОРИКО-КУЛЬТУРНОГО НАСЛЕДИЯ] Russian

Law of the Republic of Belarus on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus (translation) [English]
  • Cyprus
2002 Law 183 on the return of cultural objects [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]
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
  • Serbia
1995 Rules on the Data that are entered into the register, method of keeping the register and central register of immovable cultural property and on documents related to such cultural property (Official Gazette of the RS. N. 30/95 and 37/95) [Serbian]
  • Australia
1986 Australian Cultural Heritage Export Permit n° 1071P [English]
1997 Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 [English]
  • Russian Federation
1996 Law on State Support of Cinematography [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О государственной поддержке кинематографии Российской Федерации] Russian
  • Costa Rica
1990 National system of archive (regulation)
  • Zambia
1966 National Museums Act [English]
  • Kuwait
1994 Decree n°52 on National Library, 1994 [Arabic]
  • Montenegro
Law on Cinematography (no more in force) [English]