5. Movable cultural assets
“Movable cultural assets” include the following categories:
a) species that are of scientific interest because of their rarity or uniqueness, such as minerals, rocks,
fossils and phytobiological, zoological or anthropological matter;
b) items of interest from the point of view of archaeology (stone tools, pottery), numismatics (coins,
notes, medals and insignia), philately (seals, stamps, postcards and envelopes) or heraldry (emblems and
crests);
c) old manuscripts, rare editions, illustrations, maps, engravings and other printed matter of historical,
bibliographical or documentary interest;
d) historical objects and documents relating to economic, social and cultural services, institutions or
bodies;
e) ethnographic objects, utensils, tools, instruments, machines, weapons, typical or ceremonial
clothing and ornaments (both secular and religious) and other objects of anthropological or artistic value;
f) works of plastic art, objects of folk art, decorative art, applied art or handicrafts, which have artistic
value or which represent eras, genres or styles;
g) films and sound, mechanical, magnetic or other recordings relating to cultural items or expressions
of culture, whether tangible or otherwise, such as oral history accounts, descriptions of traditions, rites or
folklore, pieces of music, dance, theater or other forms of artistic or cultural expressions or historic events
of the Mozambican people;
h) documents and objects relating to leading figures in the national liberation movement or other
figures who are of social or historical importance owing to their activities in the political, economic, social
or cultural fields.
6. Listed cultural heritage assets
“Listed cultural heritage assets” means cultural assets that enjoy special protection from the State on
account of their outstanding value.
7. Assets undergoing listing
“Assets undergoing listing” means goods put forward for listed status by the competent authority.
8. Cultural Heritage Inventory
The “Cultural Heritage Inventory” is the register of listed cultural heritage assets.
9. Depositary
“Depositary” means any body governed by public law or natural or legal person in possession of cultural
heritage assets.
CHAPTER III
Responsibility for protecting and developing cultural heritage
ARTICLE 4
State responsibility
1. The following shall be the responsibility of the State:
a) to foster the establishment of scientific and technical institutions (museums, libraries, archives,
laboratories, and preservation and restoration workshops) necessary for the protection and
development of cultural heritage;
b) to promote, through local bodies, the protection, preservation, development and revitalization of
listed assets located in its territory, including the abovementioned measures in their work plans;
c) to encourage the use of the resources of the National Education System and social
communication bodies to educate citizens about the importance of cultural heritage and the need
to protect it;
d) to promoting the establishment of associations for the protection and development of the
cultural heritage;