Chapter 2.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE
Article 14.
An organization or individual shall have the following rights and obligations:
1. Lawfully own cultural heritage;
2. Visit and study cultural heritage;
3. Respect, protect and promote the value of cultural heritage;
4. Promptly notify places where relics, antiquities and national treasures, historical-cultural monuments or scenic landscapes are discovered; and hand relics, antiquities and national treasures discovered by such organization or individual over to the nearest competent authorities;
5. Prevent or request the competent authorities to prevent or promptly handle acts of destruction, appropriation or illegal use of cultural heritage.
Article 15.
An organization or individual who is an owner of cultural heritage shall have the following rights and obligations:
1. Comply with regulations in Article 14 of this Law;
2. Adopt measures for protecting and promoting the value of cultural heritage; promptly report to the competent authorities in case cultural heritage is in danger of having its value falsified, being destroyed or lost;
3. Send collections of intangible cultural heritage, relics, antiquities and national treasures to the state museums or the competent authorities in case they lack conditions and capability to protect and promote the value thereof;
4. Create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to visit, travel to and study cultural heritage;
5. Fulfill other obligations and rights as prescribed per the law.
Article 16.
An organization or individual who directly manages cultural heritage shall have the following rights and obligations:
1. Protect and preserve cultural heritage;
2. Adopt measures to promptly prevent or stop acts of infringing upon cultural heritage;
3. Promptly notify the owners or the nearest competent authorities when cultural heritage is lost or in danger of being destroyed;
4. Create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to visit, travel to and study cultural heritage;
5. Fulfill other obligations and rights as prescribed per the law.