Country Summary for INDONESIA

Definitions

'Cultural Property'—
(a) artifacts made by man, movable or immovable, individually or in groups, or parts thereof or remains thereof, which are at least 50 (fifty) years of age, or represent a specific stylistic period of at least 50 (fifty) years of age, and are considered to possess value of importance to history, science and culture;
(b) natural objects which are considered to possess important value for history, science and culture. (Law No. 5 Art. 1)

'Site'—location which contains or is presumed to contain items of cultural property together with the surroundings which require safeguarding. (Law No.5 Art.1)

Registry

Each ownership, trans[f]er of ownership’s right and removal of items of cultural property…must be registered. (Law No. 5 Art. 8(1)).

Whoever owns items of cultural property is obliged to register those items. (Reg. No.10, Art. 6(1)).