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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4800

Country Year Title
  • Ecuador
Modified Law of the Penal Code (chapter VII, title V, part II) [LEY REFORMATORIA AL CODIGO PENAL] Spanish; Castilian

Modified Law of the Penal Code (chapter VII, title V, part II) (translation) [English]
1992 Law 2055 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • Australia
1986 Australian Cultural Heritage Export Permit n° 1071P [English]
1997 Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 [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]
  • Kuwait
1994 Decree n°52 on National Library, 1994 [Arabic]
  • Montenegro
Law on Museum Activity (no more in force) [English]
  • Serbia
1996 Rules on the Registration of Old and Rare Books(Official Gazette of the RS, N.51/96) [Serbian]
  • Argentina
2002 Decree 1058/2002 approving the organizing structure of the Secretariat of the Culture [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Kenya
1983 The National Museums Act [English]
  • Russian Federation
1999 Law on Folk Artistic Crafts [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О народных художественных промыслах 1999] Russian
  • Uruguay
2001 Resolution fixing the prices to obtain resources for 2001-2002 [Spanish; Castilian]
1954 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1954 [English]
2015 Law No. 1292/2015 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of the Member States of the European Union [Laki Euroopan unionin jäsenvaltion alueelta laittomasti vietyjen kulttuuriesineiden palauttamisesta] English
  • Uruguay
1986 Law n°15.819 on the Creation of the Honorary Executive Board of Colonia [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Belgium
2004 Act on the organisation and funding of a cultural heritage policy [Erfgoeddecreet 1: Decreet van 7 mei 2004 houdende de organisatie en subsidiëring van een cultureel-erfgoedbeleid] Dutch; Flemish

Act on the organisation and funding of a cultural heritage policy [English]
  • Slovenia
1999 Cultural Heritage Protection Act [Slovenian]
Cultural Heritage Protection Act (translation) [English]
  • Belarus
2004 Law on Cinematography [ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ О КИНЕМАТОГРАФИИ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ БЕЛАРУСЬ] Russian
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
  • Philippines
1998 National Museum Act of 1998 [English]
1986 Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 [English]
  • Belarus
2000 Decree n°1859 of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus for Amendments of the Decree n°674 (30 April 1998) and of the Decree n°557 (21 April 2000) [Russian]
  • Costa Rica
1972 Legislation on Intangible Cultural Heritage (20) 1972 - 2004
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Romania
2001 Law 564 [LEGEA nr. 564/2001 pentru aprobarea Ordonantei Guvernului nr. 47/2000 privind stabilirea unor masuri de protectie a monumentelor istorice care fac parte din Lista Patrimoniului Mondial] Romanian
  • Syrian Arab Republic
1963 Antiquities Law [Arabic]
Antiquities Law (translation) [English]
1996 Treasure Act [English]
  • Belize
2000 Belize Constitution Act (chapter 4- revised edition 2000) [English]
  • Argentina
1999 Law 25.197/1999 on the system of the register of the cultural heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Malawi
1991 Arts and Crafts Act [English]
  • Malawi
1991 Arts and Crafts Act [English]
  • Tajikistan
1997 Law on Culture [ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН О КУЛЬТУРЕ 1997] Russian
  • Uruguay
2001 Law n°17.415 on the Exit of Works of National Artists Alive [Spanish; Castilian]
2004 Code of the Cultural and Landscape Heritage (translation) [English]
  • Mexico
1959 Decree declaring all kinds of works of art by the late painters José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera to be historical monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
Decree declaring all kinds of works of art by the late painters José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera to be historical monuments (translation) [English]
1999 Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 875/ 1999 [Laki kulttuuriomaisuuden luvattoman tuonnin, viennin ja omistusoikeuden siirron kieltämiseksi ja ehkäisemiseksi tehdyn yleissopimuksen eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä N:o 875/ 1999] Finnish

Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 875/ 1999 (translation) [English]
  • Kyrgyzstan
1998 Law on Copyright and Related Rights [ЗАКОН КЫРГЫЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ОБ АВТОРСКОМ ПРАВЕ И СМЕЖНЫХ ПРАВАХ] Russian
  • Uruguay
1987 Law n°15.903 on the Registry of Works acquired by the State [Spanish; Castilian]
2001 Law on implementation of the decision of the Annex 8 Commission to Preserve National Monuments (translation) [English]
1958 Public Records Act 1958 [English]
  • Portugal
1999 Decree law N. 74/99 on Sponsorship [Portuguese]
  • Mexico
2005 Steps to request the transport and/or exhibition of archaeological monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
2004 Ministerial decree 11228 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
1973 Protection of Wrecks Designation Orders made between 1973 and 2005 [English]
  • Mexico
2007 Ley General de Bienes Nacionales (ultima reforma 31 agosto 2007) [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Botswana
2002 National Archives Act [English]
  • Costa Rica
Handbook of procedures: Definitive import
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Tunisia
1994 Décret 94-2368 portant création et organisation du laboratoire national pour la sauvegarde et la restauration des manuscrits à Raqqada à Kairouan, au sein de l’institut national du patrimoine (traduction) [French]