ACT ON PROTECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF BURIED HERITAGE

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to maintain and accede to the original form of national culture by preserving buried heritage and to efficiently protect, investigate, and manage buried heritage. <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The term "buried heritage" in this Act means the following: <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023; Sep. 14, 2023>

1. Cultural heritage buried or distributed underground or underwater;

2. Cultural heritage buried on the site of structures, etc.;

3. Natural caves and fossils formed and deposited on the ground surface, underground or underwater (including seas, lakes and rivers), etc. and other objects deemed to have outstanding geological values under Presidential Decree.

Article 3(Scope of cultural heritage buried or distributed underwater) #

"Cultural heritage buried or distributed underwater" in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 means any of the following: <Amended on Mar. 21, 2017; Aug. 8, 2023>

1. Cultural heritage which exists in inland waters, as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Inland Water Fisheries Act, in territorial seas, as defined in Article 1 of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act, and in exclusive economic zones, as defined in Article 2 of the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf;

2. Cultural heritage originated from the Republic of Korea, which exists in open seas.

[Title amended on Aug. 8, 2023]

Article 4(Protection of area where buried heritage exists) #

An area in which buried heritage is recognized to exist as prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as "area where buried heritage exists") shall be protected so that the original integrity is not damaged, and no one shall investigate or excavate an area where buried heritage exists without being in compliance with this Act. <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>

ACT ON PROTECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF BURIED HERITAGE

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of cultural heritage buried or distributed underwater) #

Article 4(Protection of area where buried heritage exists) #

Article 5(Responsibility of persons planning or implementing development projects) #

Article 5-2(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 6 #

Article 6-2(Ground surface survey of buried heritage by the State) #

Article 7(Submission of reports on ground surface survey) #

Article 8 #

Article 9(Protection of area where buried heritage exists based on ground surface survey) #

Article 10 #

Article 11(Excavation permit for buried heritage) #

Article 12(Application for excavation permit) #

Article 12-2(Reporting on commencement and completion of excavation of buried heritage) #

Article 12-3(Safety management on excavation sites) #

Article 13(Excavation of buried heritage by the State) #

Article 14(Preservation measures for excavated buried heritage) #

Article 14-2(Research and storage of important excavated materials) #

Article 14-3(Subsidization of expenses for preservation measures) #

Article 15(Report on excavation) #

Article 16(Alteration of existing condition of buried heritage) #

Article 17(Report upon discovery) #

Article 18(Methods of handling national heritage reported upon discovery) #

Article 19(Methods of handling national heritage reported to head of police station) #

Article 20(Determination of ownership and vesting in the State of national heritage reported upon discovery) #

Article 21(Compensation and reward for national heritage reported upon discovery) #

Article 22(Method of handling national heritage discovered or excavated from investigation of national heritage) #

Article 23(Determination of ownership of national heritage discovered or excavated from investigation of national heritage and vesting in the State) #

Article 24(Registration of buried heritage investigation agency) #

Article 25(Revocation of registration of investigation agency) #

Article 25-2(Guidance and supervision over investigation agency) #

Article 25-3(Education for investigation personnel) #

Article 26(Purchase of land following measures for preservation of national heritage) #

Article 27(Price standards for investigation services of buried heritage) #

Article 27-2(Dissemination of standard form contract) #

Article 28(Preparation of records of buried heritage) #

Article 28-2(Hearings) #

Article 29(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 30(Legal fiction as public officials for applying penalty provisions) #

Article 31(Crimes such as illegal excavation) #

Article 32(Aggravated offenses) #

Article 33(Attempts) #

Article 34(Criminal negligence) #

Article 35(Crime of obstructing investigations of buried heritage) #

Article 36(Offenses of violations of administrative orders) #

Article 37(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 38(Administrative fines) #