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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4801

Country Year Title
  • Australia
1990 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations (Amendment N.350) [English]
  • Australia
1988 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage regulations (amendment N. 194) [English]
  • Australia
1986 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act, 1986 [English]
  • Australia
1986 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act N.11 [English]
  • Australia
1986 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act (with incorporated amendments 2014) [English]
1986 Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (no more in force) [English]
1987 Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Guernsey) Order 1987 (no more in force) [English]
1986 Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 [English]
Protection of Military remains Act 1986 [English]
1987 Protection of Military Remains Act (Guernsey) Order 1987 (no more in force) [English]
  • 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]
  • Tonga
2002 Protection of Geographical Indications Act [English]
1973 Protection of Cultural Property Law [Russian]
1984 Protection of Cultural Property Act (amendment of 1982 Act) [English]
  • Montenegro
2010 Protection of Cultural property Act [English]
  • Republic of Korea
Protection of Cultural Properties Act (translation) [English]
2008 Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Regulations 2008 [English]
  • Australia
2014 Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Regulation [English]
  • Australia
2013 Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act [English]
1997 Protection of Archaeological Resources (43 CFR 7) [English]
  • Malta
1932 Protection of Antiquities Regulations
  • Cook Islands
1994 Protection of Antiquities Act [English]
1956 Protection des monuments historiques en Pologne [French]
  • Tunisia
1991 Projet de carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques [Arabic]
  • Pakistan
1993 Prohibition for movement of antiquities between specified areas [English]
2003 Proclamation No.374/2003 to ratify the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property [English]
2003 Proclamation No.373/2003 to acceed the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its First Protocol [English]
1966 Proclamation N.229 pf 1966 to provide for the protection and preservation of antiquities [Amharic]
2000 Proclamation 209/2000 to provide for research and conservation of cultural heritage [Amharic]
Proclamation 209/2000 to provide for research and conservation of cultural heritage [English]
  • Latvia
2003 Procedures for Return of Unlawfully Removed Art and Antique Objects [Latvian]
Procedures for Return of Unlawfully Removed Art and Antique Objects (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]
  • Latvia
2011 Procedure for accreditation of private archives [English]
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Principle 83 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Constitution and Article 26 of the Civil Code (ownership/possession of cultural objects) [English]
  • Kuwait
1960 Princely Decree on the Antiquities Law n°11, 1960 [Arabic]
Princely Decree on the Antiquities Law n°11, 1960 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
2006 Presidential Resolution delegating to the MEC some Attributions of the Executive [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Philippines
1974 Presidential Decree n°374 amending certain sections of Republic Act n°4846 [English]
  • Indonesia
2009 Presidential Decree Nr. 12 of 2009, replacing Decree N. 19 of 2007 concerning the Appointment of the National Committee and the Utilization of Valuable Cargo Raised from Sunken Ships [Indonesian]
  • Indonesia
1989 Presidential Decree No. 43 of 1989 on the National Committee and Utilization of Valuable Cargo from Sunken Ships [Indonesian]
  • Indonesia
1992 Presidential Decree No. 25 of 1992 on Profit Sharing between the Indonesian Government and Salvage Companies with Salved Valuable Objects Retrieved from Shipwrecks (no longer in force cf. Decree 12 of 2009) [Indonesian]
  • Yemen
1997 Presidential Decree No 129 concerning the Ministry of Culture and Tourism [Arabic]
  • Belarus
2004 Presidential Decree N.627 of 2004 [Russian]
  • Belarus
2007 Presidential Decree N.190 of 2007 [Russian]
  • Belarus
2007 Presidential Decree 527 of 2007 [Russian]
  • Belarus
2006 Presidential Decree 299 of 2006 [Russian]
  • Belarus
2007 Presidential Decree 190 of 2007 [Russian]
  • Mexico
1986 Presidential agreement establishing the minimal requirements for safeguarding the cultural assets residing in museums [English]
  • Tonga
2007 Preservation of Objects of Archaeological Interest Act [English]
  • Fiji
1940 Preservation of Objects of Archaeological and Palneontological Interest Act [English]
  • Singapore
1971 Preservation of Monuments Act [English]
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1976 Preservation of historic buildings and antiquities Act [English]