b) all houses and buildings erected prior to 1920, the year marking the end of the first phase of armed
resistance to colonial occupation;
c) all imported movable cultural assets manufactured prior to 1900;
d) the archives of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and documentation on Mozambican
nationalist movements;
e) the main FRELIMO operating bases during the armed struggle for national liberation.
3. For the purposes of this law, assets in the process of being listed shall be covered by the protection
system of protection reserved for listed cultural heritage assets.
ARTICLE 8
Notification of the possession of listed cultural heritage assets
Any body governed by public law and any natural or legal person in possession of a listed cultural
heritage asset pursuant to paragraph 2 of the preceding Article shall notify the competent authority of that
fact.
ARTICLE 9
Cultural Heritage Inventory
All listed cultural heritage assets shall be registered in the Cultural Heritage Inventory.
ARTICLE 10
Inalienable property of the State
The following cultural heritage assets, whether they are already known or are discovered at a future
date in the territory of Mozambique, shall be deemed to be the inalienable property of the State:
a) archaeological sites and objects;
b) rock paintings;
c) constructions and other works representative of precolonial societies such as walled enclosures,
zimbabwes, aringas, mining centers and centers of power, population centers, commercial warehouses
and places of worship.
2. Where the assets referred to in the preceding paragraph are located in an immovable asset that does
not belong to the State, the owner of the immovable asset shall be deemed to be the depositary of the said
assets.
ARTICLE 11
Transfer of ownership of listed assets
1. Assets listed pursuant to Article 7(2) of the present Law cannot be acquired by adverse possession.
2. The Ministry of Culture must be given prior notice of the alienation of a listed asset and the State
shall enjoy a preferential right in the event of sale.
3. Ownership of listed assets shall be transferable by inheritance or legacy, and the Ministry of Culture
must be notified of any such transfer, for the purposes of registration.
4. Prior authorization shall be required for any transfer of ownership or possession.
ARTICLE 12
Precautionary measures
1. Where listed assets are at risk of going astray, being lost or deteriorating, the competent authority
shall in each case decide on the appropriate precautionary and preservation measures.
2. Where precautionary measures are judged inadequate or the preservation measures have not been
complied with or have not been adopted within the time limit or under the specified conditions set, the
Council of Ministers may decide that the listed assets in question should be handed over to another
depositary for safe keeping.
3. Where it is acknowledged that the depositaries of listed assets are not in a position to comply with
the measures referred to in Article 6 of this law, they may receive support from the State.