ARTICLE 18
Authorization to use listed assets
Express authorization in terms to be set out by the Council of Ministers shall be required for the use or
exploitation of listed assets for industrial or commercial purposes.
CHAPTER VIII
National Cultural Heritage Council
ARTICLE 19
Duties and composition
1. The National Cultural Heritage Council shall be set up as a consultative body to issue opinions on
proposals to list or to cancel the listed status of assets and to issue recommendations to the competent bodies
concerning the protection, funding and use of cultural assets.
2. The National Cultural Heritage Council shall be composed of the directors of bodies and institutions
performing duties in the sphere of the research, processing and protection of cultural heritage, as well as
leading figures of recognized merit in the cultural field and representatives of State bodies.
CHAPTER IX
Penalties
ARTICLE 20
General liability
The owners or depositors of cultural heritage assets, whether natural or legal persons, shall be jointly
and severally liable for breaches of the present Law, pursuant to the following Articles.
ARTICLE 21
Failure to comply with the obligations concerning depositaries
1. Without prejudice to any civil or criminal liability that may apply, failure to fulfill the obligations
referred to in Article 6(4), Article 8 or Article 13 shall be punished by a fine ranging from
Mozambican Metical (MT) 50,000.00 to double the value of the listed asset in question.
2. Depending on the seriousness of the prejudice produced to the cultural asset, in cases in which
subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Article 4 have been infringed, the respective listed asset may be
expropriated.
ARTICLE 22
Unauthorized alienation of listed assets
1. The alienation of any listed assets, in contravention of Article 11(2) or (4), shall be punished by the
fine provided for in Article 21(1), to which may be added the confiscation of the said assets.
2. The penalties provided for in the preceding paragraph shall not preclude any civil or criminal
liability to which the offender may be subject.
ARTICLE 23
Unauthorized archaeological excavations
Archaeological excavations or other works referred to in Article 14 carried out without the
authorization of the competent body shall be punished pursuant to Article 21.
ARTICLE 24
Export of listed assets
The export of listed assets shall be punished pursuant to Article 21, without prejudice to any civil or
criminal liability that may apply to the offender.