ACT
of 23 July, 2003
on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments
(Journal of Laws No. 162, Item 1568)
Chapter 1
General Provisions
Art. 1. The Act specifies the subject, scope and forms of the protection of monuments and the guardianship of them, rules for the creation of the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments as well as financing of conservation, restoration, and construction works, and the organization of bodies responsible for the protection of monuments.
Art. 2. 1. The Act does not particularly violate the regulations on museums, libraries, Polish language, Environment Protection Law, the regulations on nature preservation, real estate administration, spatial planning and land development, Construction Law, the regulations on personal data protection, and classified information protection.
2. The protection of archival materials constituting a part of the national archival resources is covered by separate regulations.
Art. 3. The expressions used in this Act shall have the following meaning:
1) monument – real estate or a movable, their parts or complexes, being the work of human being, or connected with their activity, and constituting a testimony of the past epoch or event, the preservation of which is in the social interest because of historical, artistic, or scientific value;
2) immovable monument – real estate, its part, or a complex of the real estate referred to in Point 1;
3) movable monument – a movable, its part, or a complex of the movables referred to in Point 1;
4) archaeological monument – an immovable monument constituting on-ground, underground, or underwater remains of the existence and activity of human being consisting of cultural strata, and products, or their traces contained in them, or the movable monument being such product;
5) institution of culture specialized in the guardianship of monuments – institution of culture as understood by the regulations on organizing and conducting cultural activity, with a statutory aim of the guardianship of monuments;
6) conservation works – activities with the aim to safeguard and preserve the monument’s substance, inhibit the process of its degradation, and document such works;
7) restoration works – activities with the aim to emphasize the artistic and aesthetic values of a monument, including, if necessary, the completion, or reconstruction of its part, and documentation of such works;
8) construction works – construction works as understood by the Construction Law, undertaken at a monument, or its surroundings;
9) conservation research – activities with the aim to discover monument’s history and function, specify materials and technology used to make it, identify the state of monument’s preservation, and work out a diagnosis, project and plan of the conservation works, and if necessary, a plan of the restoration works;
10) architectural research – activities conducted on the monument’s substance with the aim to identify and document the original architectural form of the building as well as to establish scope of its consecutive conversions;
11) archaeological research – activities with the aim to discover, identify, document and safeguard an archaeological monument;
12) historical urban or rural layout – urban or rural spatial layout, including building complexes, individual buildings and forms of designed greenery, placed in the layout of historical ownership and functional divisions, including streets or chains of roads;
13) historical building complex – space-related group of buildings, distinguished due to architectural form, style, materials used, function, time of construction, or connection with historical events;
14) cultural landscape – historically-shaped space as a result of human being activity, containing products of civilization and elements of nature;
15) surroundings – area around, or at a monument, specified in the decision on entering it into the Inventory of Monuments in order to protect the viewing value of such monument, and to protect it against the harmful influence of external factors;
Art. 4. In particular, the protection of monuments consists in undertaking activities, by the public administration bodies, with the aim to:
1) ensure legal, organizational and financial conditions that enable permanent preservation of monuments as well as their development and maintenance;
2) prevent threats that may decline monuments’ value;
3) foil the destruction or improper use of monuments;
4) counteract thefts, getting lost, or illegal export of monuments;
5) check the state of preservation and the use of a monument;
6) plan and develop the space, and shape the environment with the consideration of protection tasks.
Art. 5. The guardianship of monument by its owner, or its proprietor consists, in particular, in ensuring conditions for:
1) scientific research and documentation of a monument;
2) carrying out conservation, restoration and construction works at a monument;
3) protection, and maintenance of a monument and its surroundings in the best possible state;
4) use of a monument in a way ensuring permanent preservation of its value;
5) popularization and dissemination of knowledge on a monument, and its historical and cultural significance.
Art. 6. 1. The protection and guardianship, regardless of the state of preservation, cover:
1) immovable monuments, in particular:
a) cultural landscapes;
b) urban and rural layouts as well as building complexes;
c) works of architecture and construction industry;
d) works of defense construction;
e) technology sites, in particular mines, ironworks, glass works etc., electric power stations, and other industry plants;
f) cemeteries;
g) parks, gardens and other forms of designed greenery;
h) places commemorating historical events, or activity of the outstanding personalities, or institutions;
2) movable monuments, in particular:
a) works of plastic arts, craftsmanship, and utilitarian art;
b) collections of objects gathered and arranged according to the concept of their creators;
c) numismatic pieces, historical mementos, including in particular military accessories, standards, stamps, badges, medals, and decorations;
d) technology products, including in particular, machines, means of transport as well as machines and tools being a testimony of material culture, characteristic of old and new forms of economy, indicating the level of science and the development of civilization;
e) library materials, referred to in Article 5 of the Act on libraries of 27 June, 1997 (JoL No. 85, Item 539, of 1998, No. 106, Item 668, and of 2001, No. 129, Item 1440, and of 2002, No. 113, Item 984); 
f) musical instruments;
g) works of folk art, handicrafts and other ethnographic objects;
h) things commemorating historical events, or activity of the outstanding personalities, or institutions;
3) archaeological monuments, in particular:
a) ground remains of primeval and historical settlements, 
b) graveyards;
c) barrows;
d) relics of the economic, religious, and artistic activity.
2. Geographical, historical, or traditional names of a building, square, street, or settlement can be protected as well. 
Chapter 2
Forms and Measures of the Protection of Monuments
Art. 7. Forms of the protection of monuments include:
1) entering a monument into the Inventory of Monuments;
2) recognizing as a monument of history;
3) creating a cultural park;
4) establishing the protection in a local spatial development plan.
Art. 8. The Inventory of Monuments, hereinafter referred to as the "Inventory", designed for monuments on the territory of a voivodship (województwo) is kept by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 9. 1. An immovable monument is entered into the Inventory following decision of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments ex officio, or at the request of an immovable monument’s owner, or a perpetual usufructer of the land on which the immovable monument is placed.
2. In the course specified under Paragraph 1 the surroundings of monument as well as all immaterial values thereof, including geographical, historical, or traditional name of the monument can also be entered into the Inventory.
3. The entry of an urban or rural layout, or a historical building complex into the Inventory does not exclude the possibility of issuing a decision on entering into the Inventory the immovable monuments included in these layouts or complexes.
4. The entry of an immovable monument into the Inventory is indicated in a land and mortgage book of the real estate at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, based on the decision of entering this monument into the Inventory.
5. The decision to enter an immovable monument into the Inventory at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments is the basis of entry in the Real Estate Cadastral Survey.
6. At the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, the information on the entry of an immovable monument into the Inventory is announced in the Voivodship Official Journal.
7. Entries referred to under Paragraph 4 and 5 are free of charge.
Art. 10. 1. A movable monument is entered into the Inventory based on the decision issued by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments at the request of the monument’s owner.
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue ex officio decision on entering a movable monument into the Inventory if there is a justified concern that the monument might be destroyed, damaged, or illegally exported.
Art. 11. A monument entered into a museum’s inventory, or included in the National Library Resources is not entered into the Inventory.
Art. 12. 1. The Administrative Chief Executive of the District (starosta) in agreement with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may place on the monument entered into the Inventory a sign informing that the monument is subject to protection.
2. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, a sample and size of the sign referred to under Paragraph 1.
3. The regulation shall specify a distinctive graphical form of the sign with consideration of the sample used so far as well as written information that specified object is a monument and is subject to protection.
Art. 13. 1. A monument entered into the Inventory that has been destroyed in a way causing the loss of its historical, artistic, or scientific value, or a monument whose value being the basis for issuing decision to enter such monument into the Inventory has not been confirmed in current scientific findings is removed from the Inventory.
2. In case of removal of the part of the monument from the Register the regulation specified under Paragraph 1 is applied.
3. When the monument is removed from the Inventory monument’s surroundings are removed from the Inventory as well.
4. The following monuments are also removed from the Inventory:
1) monuments permanently exported in compliance with the binding regulations;
2) monuments entered into the museum’s inventory;
3) monuments included in the National Library Resources.
5. The removal from the Inventory follows the decision of the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection.
6. The proceedings on the removal of the monument from the Inventory are initiated ex officio, or at the request of the monument’s owner, or the perpetual usufructer of the land on which an immovable monument is placed.
Art. 14. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues a request for removal of the entry referred to in Article 9, Paragraph 4 from the land and mortgage book based on the decision to remove the immovable monument from the Inventory. 
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues a request for removal of the entry referred to in Article 9, Paragraph 5 from the Real Estate Cadastral Survey based on the decision to remove the immovable monument from the Inventory.   
3. At the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments the information on the removal of an immovable monument from the Inventory is announced in the Voivodship Official Journal.
4. The removals of the entries referred to under Paragraph 1 and 2 are free of charge.
Art. 15. 1. The President of the Republic of Poland at the request of the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection may recognize, by way of regulation, an immovable monument, entered into the Inventory, or a cultural park of special value for culture as a memorial of history, by specifying its boundaries.
2. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection may submit the request referred to under Paragraph 1 following an opinion from the Council for the Protection of Monuments.
3. The cancellation of recognition an immovable monument as a memorial of history is subject to the course of action provided for such recognition.
4. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection may submit the World Heritage Committee a request for adding a memorial of history to the World Heritage List in order to protect such monument on the basis of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, accepted in Paris on 16 November, 1972 (JoL of 1976, No. 32, Item 190 and 191).
Art. 16. 1. The Commune Council (Rada gminy) following the opinion of the Voivodship Inspector of Monument may by way of resolution establish a cultural park in order to protect the cultural landscape and preserve the distinctive landscape grounds with the immovable monuments characteristic of local construction and settlement tradition.
2. The resolution specifies the name of the cultural park, its boundaries, the way of protection as well as bans and limitations as referred to in Article  17, Paragraph 1.
3. The Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (wójt) (the Mayor, the President of the City) in agreement with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments draws up a plan of the cultural park protection. The plan requires the Commune Council’s approval.
4. In order to execute tasks connected with the cultural park protection, the Commune Council may form an organizational unit responsible for the park administration.
5. Cultural park exceeding the boundaries of one Commune (gmina) may be established and administered on the basis of unanimous resolutions of the Commune Councils (Association of the Communes) on the grounds on which the park is to be established.
6. The obligatory local spatial development plan shall be prepared for the grounds on which the cultural park has been established.
Art. 17. 1. On the grounds of cultural park, or a part thereof the bans and restrictions may be applied to:
1) construction works as well as industry, agriculture, breeding, trade, and service activity;
2) change in the way of immovable monuments use;
3) placing bulletin boards, written texts, billboards, and other signs not connected with the cultural park protection, excluding road signs and signs connected with the public order and public security protection with reservation to Article 12, Paragraph 1;
4) waste disposal and storage.
2. If the use of real estate is limited due to bans and restrictions referred to in Article 1 the following regulations are applied accordingly: Articles 131-134 of the Act of 27 April, 2001 – Environment Protection Law (JoL No. 62, Item 627, and No. 115, Item 1229, of 2002 No. 74, Item 676, No. 113, Item 984, No. 153, Item 1271, and No. 233, Item 1957, and of 2003 No. 46, Item 392, and No. 80, Item 717 and 721).
Art. 18. 1. The protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments is taken into consideration at the stage of drawing up and updating the country spatial development concept, voivodships development strategy, voivodships spatial development plans, analyses and studies on spatial development of a county (powiat), communes' development strategy, studies on conditions and directions of communes' spatial development as well as local spatial development plans
2. Concept, strategies, analyses, plans and studies referred to in Article 1 include in particular:
1) National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments;
2) solutions necessary to prevent threats to monuments, ensure the protection of monuments at investments execution, and restore monuments to the best possible state;
3) use and rules of land development that include the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 19. 1. A study on conditions and directions of a commune spatial development as well as a spatial development plan include in particular the guardianship of:
1) immovable monuments entered into the Inventory, and their surroundings;
2) other immovable monuments entered into the Commune Monuments Inventory;
3) cultural parks.
2. When a commune has prepared a commune program for the guardianship of monuments, arrangements of this program are included in the study and plan referred to in Article 1.
3. The study and plan referred to under Paragraph 1 is created depending on the needs, zones of the conservation protection including area to which bans, orders, and limitations specified in the plan apply, whose aim is to protect monuments on this area.
Art. 20. Projects and modifications to the plans of voivodship spatial development and a local plan of spatial development are subject to agreement with a Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 21. Vioivodships, counties, and communes prepare programs for the guardianship of monuments on the basis of the Monuments Inventory.
Art. 22. 1. The General Inspector of Monuments keeps the National Monuments Inventory in the form of the collection of the monument survey files found in the Voivodships Monuments Inventories.
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments keeps the Voivodship Monuments Inventory in the form of survey files of the monuments placed on the territory of a voivodship.
3. The inclusion to the Voivodship Monuments Inventory of a survey file of a movable monument that is not entered into the Inventory follows the consent of monument’s owner.
4. The Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) keeps the Commune Monuments Inventory in the form of the file of address cards of the commune immovable monuments that are included into the Voivodship Monuments Inventory.
Art. 23. 1. The General Inspector of Monuments keeps the National List of Monuments Stolen or Illegally Exported in the form of an information card file.
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, the bodies of the Police, Border Guard, and custom administration are obliged to immediately provide the General Inspector of Monuments with information on a monument stolen or illegally exported in order to add it to the List.
Art. 24. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the way of keeping the Inventory of Monuments, National, Voivodship and Commune Monuments Inventory and the National List of Monuments Stolen or Illegally Exported.
2. The Inventory of Monuments is kept in the form of separate books for individual types of monuments.
3. The regulation shall specify what data are to be contained in each inventory book, survey file and address card of a monument, and the monument's information card as well as the way of gathering monument documents.
4. The regulation shall specify the circumstances the fulfillment of which determines the inclusion of survey files and address cards to the Inventory as well as exclusion of them from that Inventory.
Chapter 3
The Use of Monuments, Conducting Research, Carrying out Works, and Undertaking Other Activities at Monuments
Art. 25. 1. The use of an immovable monument entered into the Inventory for utilitarian purposes requires its owner, or its proprietor to have:
1) conservation documentation specifying an immovable monument preservation state, and possibilities of its adaptation, with the consideration of historical functions and values of this monument;
2) program of conservation works at an immovable monument agreed with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, specifying the scope and way of their execution as well as necessary materials and technologies;
3) program for use of an immovable monument together with its surroundings, and the further use of this monument with presentation of its value, agreed with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
2. In order to meet the requirements referred to under Paragraph 1 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments shall make the monument documentation available to the immovable monument’s owner, or its proprietor free of charge, and enable them making copies of the documentation.
Art. 26. 1. In an agreement of sale, exchange, donation, or lease of an immovable monument entered into the Inventory that is the property of the Treasury, or territorial government unit the description of the way of monument's use shall include an obligation imposed on a purchaser, or a leaseholder of this monument to execute in specified time necessary conservation works at this monument if it is required by the preservation state of this monument.
2. The regulation specified under Paragraph 1 applies adequately to the decision to put an immovable monument entered into the Inventory under the perpetual administration.
Art. 27. At the request of the owner, or proprietor of the monument the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments provides, in writing, conservation recommendations specifying the way of using a monument, its protection, the execution of conservation works as well as the range of acceptable changes that may be introduced into this monument.
Art. 28. Regardless of responsibilities resulting from the guardianship of monuments specified in Article 5 the owner, or proprietor of the monument entered into the Inventory, or the monument entered into the Voivodship Monuments Inventory notifies the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments of:
1) damage, destruction, getting lost, or theft of the monument immediately after being informed of such event;
2) threat to the monument immediately after being informed of such threat;
3) change of the storage place of the movable monument within a month from the day of such change takes place;
4) changes concerning the legal status of the monument, not later than within a month from the day of their occurrence, or the time of being informed of such changes.
Art. 29. 1. Monuments protection bodies, in a period agreed with the owner, or proprietor of the object having the status of monument, or attributes of monument may conduct research on the object at the place where it can be found.
2. In case of refusal to make the object referred to under Paragraph 1 available the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision ordering to make it available for a period necessary to conduct research, but not longer than 3 months from the decision was made final.
3. For damages caused in connection with research referred to under Paragraph 1, or 2 compensation shall be paid on the basis of rules specified in the Civil Code.
Art. 30. 1. The owner, or proprietor of the immovable monument, or the real estate of monument attributes shall make the monument, or real estate available to the researcher in order to conduct the research.
2. In case of refusal to make the immovable monument, or real estate referred to under Paragraph 1 available the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue a decision ordering the owner, or proprietor of the monument, or real estate to make it available for a period necessary to conduct research, but not longer than 3 months from the decision was made final.
3. For damages caused in connection with research referred to under Paragraph 1, or 2 compensation shall be paid on the basis of rules specified in the Civil Code.
Art. 31. 1. A private person, or an organizational unit that intends to finance construction works at an immovable monument entered into the Inventory, or covered by the conservation protection on the basis of the local spatial development plan shall cover costs of archaelogical research and its documentation if such research is necessary for the protection of archaeological monuments.
2. Detailed scope and type of archaeological research required at an immovable monument referred to under Paragraph 1 is specified by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, by way of decision.
3. A copy of the research documentation referred to under Paragraph 1 is upon its completion handed over free of charge to the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 32. 1. Any person who finds an object of alleged monument value during construction or ground works shall: 
1) discontinue any works that may cause damage, or destruction of the object;
2) safeguard the object and the place where it was found using available measures;
3) immediately notify of this fact the right Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, and, if it is not possible, the right Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City).
2. The Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) shall immediately, not longer than within 3 days, pass the received notification referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 3 to the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
3. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments shall within 5 days from the receipt of the notification referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 3, and paragraph 2 carry out the examination of the object found.
4. If in the time limit specified under Paragraph 3 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments does not carry out the examination works may be continued.
5. After carrying out the examination the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision: 
1) allowing to continue works stopped if the object found is not a monument;
2) allowing to continue works stopped if the object found is a monument, but the continuation of works shall not cause its destruction, or damage;
3) ordering to discontinue works and to carry out, in the required scope, the archaeological examinations at the expense of the private person, or the organizational unit financing these works.
6. The works may not be discontinued for the period longer than 1 month from the delivery of the decision referred to under Paragraph 5, Point 3.
7. When a monument of special value is found during the archaeological research the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision to prolong the period of discontinuance of works. However, the period of the discontinuance of works may not be longer than 6 months from the delivery of the decision referred to under Paragraph 5, Point 3.
8. Upon finishing archaeological research referred to under Paragraph 5, Point 3 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision allowing to continue works stopped.
9. When the object referred to under Paragraph 1 is found except for archaeological monuments, the issues of ownership and payment for the object founder are subject to the Article 189 of the Civil Code accordingly.
Art. 33. 1. Any person who accidentally finds an object of alleged archaeological value shall using all available measures safeguard the object, and label the place it was found, and immediately notify of this fact the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, and if it is not possible the right Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City).
2. The Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) shall immediately, not longer than within 3 days, pass the received notification referred to under Paragraph 1 to the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
3. Within 3 days from the receipt of the notification referred to under Paragraph 1 and 2 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments shall carry out the examination of the object and the place it was found, and, if necessary, organize archaeological research.
Art. 34. 1. Persons that accidentally find an archaeological monument are entitled to a reward, if they fulfilled obligations specified in Article 32, Paragraph 1, or in Article 33, Paragraph 1.
2. The regulation specified under Paragraph 1 does not apply to persons involved in archaeological research professionally, or employed in groups organized to conduct such research. 
3. Conditions and course of awarding shall be specified, by way of regulation, by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection, with consideration of types of rewards, sources of their financing, and the level of money rewards.
Art. 35. 1. Objects of archaeological monuments status, discovered, found accidentally, or gained as a result of the archaeological research, are the property of the Treasury.
2. The property of the Treasury also includes objects of archaeological monuments status, gained as a result of the search referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 1, Point 12.
3. The place of storage of archaeological monuments discovered, found accidentally, or gained as a result of the archaeological research, or search referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 1, Point 12 is indicated by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, who, by way of decision, deposits it in a museum, or other organizational unit by its consent. 
4. Depositing archaeological monuments in the museum, or other organizational unit may take place if the unit ensures:
1) their permanent storage;
2) carrying out inventory and appropriate conservation works;
3) availability of these monuments for the scientific purposes.
5. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision on cancellation of the archaeological monuments deposit if a museum, or other organizational unit does not ensure conditions referred to under Paragraph 4.
6. At the request of the museum’s director archaeological monuments deposited in the museum may be donated to it on the basis of the decision of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 36. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments’ permission is required in case of:
1) carrying out conservation, restoration and construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory;
2) carrying out construction works at the monument’s surroundings;
3) conducting conservation research on the monument entered into the Inventory;
4) conducting architectural research on the monument entered into the Inventory;
5) conducting archaeological research;
6) moving the immovable monument entered into the Inventory;
7) transfering permanently the movable monument entered into the Inventory in a way that disturbs the traditional decor of the interior in which the monument is found;
8) dividing the immovable monument entered into the Inventory;
9) changing the use of the monument entered into the Inventory, or the way of using it;
10) placing on the monument entered into the Inventory technical devices, bulletin boards, billboards, and written texts with reservations to Article 12, Paragraph 1;
11) undertaking other activities that could lead to violation of the monument’s substance, or change in the appearance of the monument entered into the Inventory;
12) searching for hidden and abandoned movable monuments, including archaeological monuments, using all kinds of electronic and technical facilities as well as underwater equipment.
2. A permit to undertake activities referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 5 and 12 on the Polish marine territory is issued by the Director of the Marine Office, in agreement with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments in charge of the territory where the Marine Office is seated.
3. Permits referred to under Paragraph 1 may specify the conditions preventing the monument’s damage or destruction.
4. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may make issuing a permit to undertake activities referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 6, 9, and 11 dependable on conducting at the expense of the requestor the necessary architectural, or archaeological research. A copy of research documentation is handed over free of charge to the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
5. Permits referred to under Paragraph 1 are issued at the request of a private person, or an organizational unit with a legal title to use the monument entered into the Inventory, resulting from the ownership law, perpetual usufruct, perpetual administration, or a limited right in rem, or an obligatory relation.
6. A permit to conduct archaeological research is issued at the request of a private person, or an organizational unit with a legal title to use the real estate, resulting from the ownership law, perpetual usufruct, perpetual administration, or a limited right in rem, or an obligatory relation.
7. A permit to conduct conservation and architectural research at the monument entered into the Inventory, or archaeological research, or to search for hidden, or abandoned movable monuments, including archaeological monuments is also issued at the request of private persons, or organizational units that intend to conduct these research, or search. In case of lack of real estate owner’s, or proprietor’s consent on conducting those research, or search regulations of Article  30, Paragraph 1 and 2 are applied accordingly.
8. Obtaining the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments’ permit to undertake construction works at the immovable monument entered into the Inventory does not exempt from the obligation to obtain the permit for the building, or the obligation to inform about it in cases specified by the regulations of the Construction Law.
Art. 37. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation:
1) course and way of granting permits to carry out conservation and restoration works, construction works, and to conduct architectural research as well as other activities referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 1, Point 6-12 at the monument entered into the Inventory, and to conduct archaeological research;
2) qualifications of persons authorized to carry out conservation and restoration works, conservation and to conduct architectural research at the monument entered into the Inventory as well as archaeological research;
3) additional requirements for persons fulfilling technical functions while carrying out construction works at immovable monuments entered into the Inventory;
4) way of confirming qualifications and additional requirements referred to in Point 2 and 3;
5) standards of documenting conservation and restoration works carried out at the movable monument entered into the Inventory as well as archaeological research conducted.
2. The regulation shall specify detailed requirements of a request and a permit to carry out works, and to conduct research, and to undertake activities referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 1 as well as documentation necessary to consider this request.
3. Determination of qualifications and additional requirements of persons authorized to carry out works and to conduct research referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 1 requires the indication of education and required professional practice of these persons.
4. Standards referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 5 are established in a way to allow appropriate documentation of individual stages of conservation and restoration works carried out at the movable monuments as well as archaeological research conducted.
Chapter 4
Inspector’s Supervision
Art. 38. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or employees of the Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments authorized by him/her check the compliance with and application of regulations concerning the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments. 
2. The authorization referred to under Paragraph 1 specifies a person, or persons authorized to carry out inspection, private person, or an organizational unit subject to inspection, place and scope of inspection as well as the legal basis of carrying out inspection.
3. While carrying out inspection the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or persons referred to under Paragraph 1 are authorized to:
1) enter the real estate site if a justified suspicion exists that the monument could be destroyed or damaged;
2) evaluate the preservation state, conditions of storage and protection of monuments entered into the Inventory, monuments in museums, libraries as well as collections and resources of other national organizational units and units of territorial government within time limit agreed with their owner, or proprietor;
3) check the compliance of any activities undertaken at monuments entered into the Inventory as well as conducted archaeological research with the scope and conditions specified in the authorization and approved documentation;
4) demand verbal, or written information necessary to determine the actual state of the monument with relation to the scope of inspection;
5) demand presenting documents and sharing any data relevant to inspection;
6) introduce an entry into the construction log in compliance with the regulations of the Construction Law.
4. Inspection activities are carried out in the presence of the supervised private person, or the manager of the supervised organizational unit , or a person authorized by him/her in the compliance with regulations on classified information protection.
5. Inspection activities concerning the immovable monuments entered into the Inventory, which are administered by foreign countries, or used by the diplomatic, or consular representatives of these countries, or by other persons equal to them on the basis of generally established international customs may be carried out upon the consent of these representatives, or persons.
Art. 39. 1. After carrying out inspection activities inspector draws up a report the copy of which is handed over to the supervised private person , or the manager of the supervised organizational unit.
2. An inspection report contains a description of the actual state identified in the course of inspection including facts of irregularities with the consideration of their reasons, scope and results of these irregularities as well as persons responsible for them.
3. The report is signed by the inspector and the supervised private person, or the manager of the supervised organizational unit, or the person authorized by him/her, who may add to the report justified reservations and comments.
4. If the supervised private person, or the manager of the supervised organizational unit, or the person authorized by him/her denies to sign the report the inspector makes a suitable annotation in the report, and the person denying to sign the report is entitled to present within 7 days his/her comments in writing to the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 40. 1. On the basis of the inspection findings the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may give the supervised private person, or the manager of the supervised organizational unit post-inspection recommendations.
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may withdraw from giving post-inspection recommendations, and issue the decision referred to in Article 43, Article 44, Paragraph 1, Article 45, Paragraph 1, Article 46, Paragraph 1, Article 49, Paragraph 1, or in Article 50, Paragraph 1.
3. In case of inspection of the organizational unit the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may demand to initiate official proceedings, or other proceedings provided for in law against persons guilty of irregularities, and to inform him/her, in specified time, of measures taken to remedy these irregularities. 
Art. 41. If it is found that the activity, or the desistance of the supervised private person, or the manager of the supervised organizational unit, or its employee violates the regulations of Articles 108-118 of the Act the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments notifies the Police, Public Prosecutor’s Office, or Court of the crime, or offense committed.
Art. 42. The General Inspector of Monuments may undertake activities referred to in Article 38, Paragraph 3, Article 39, Article 40, Paragraph 1 and 3, and Article 41 if they are necessary due to the special significance of the case. Regulations of the Article 38, Paragraph 4 and 5 are applied accordingly.
Art. 43. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision to discontinue the following works carried out without his/her permission, or in the way inconsistent with the scope and conditions specified in the permit:
1) conservation, or restoration works, conservation, or architectural research conducted at the monument entered into the Inventory;
2) construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory, or its surroundings;
3) archaeological research;
4) other activities referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 1, Point 6-8 and 10-12.
Art. 44. 1. Decision referred to in Article 43 expires after 2 months from the day of its delivery if at that time the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments does not issue the decision:
1) ordering to restore the monument, or a part thereof to the former state, or to tidy up the monument site with setting the time of carrying out these activities; or
2) imposing the obligation to obtain the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments’ permit to conduct discontinued research, to carry out works, or other activities at the monument; or
3) imposing the obligation to undertake specified activities in order to make research, works, or other activities carried out at the monument consistent with the scope and conditions specified in the permit with setting the time of carrying out these activities.
2. If the permit referred to under Paragraph  1, Point 2 is not issued, or the obligation referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 3 is not fulfilled the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision ordering to restore the monument, or a part thereof to the former state, or to tidy up the monument site, and sets the time of carrying out these activities.
3. After fulfilling the obligation referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 3 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments grants a permit to continue research, works, or other activities at the monument.
4. The person who has violated regulations of law on monuments, or contravened the scope and conditions specified in the permit is obliged at his/her expense to carry out activities ordered in the decision referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 1 and 3, and under Paragraph 2.
Art. 45. 1. If conservation, restoration, or construction works as well as architectural and conservation research, or other activities referred to in Article 36, paragraph 1, Point 6-8 and 10-12 were undertaken at the monument entered into the Inventory without permssion of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or in a way inconsistent with the scope and conditions specified in the permit the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision:
1) ordering to restore the monument, or a part thereof to the former state, or to tidy up the monument site, with setting the time of carrying out these activities; or
2) imposing the obligation to restore the monument or a part thereof to the best possible state, in a way and time specified.
2. Regulation of the Article 44, Paragraph 4 is applied accordingly.
Art. 46. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision to discontinue conservation, restoration, or construction works at the monument not entered into the Inventory if the monument fulfills conditions that justify its entry into the Inventory.
2. Decision referred to under Paragraph 1 expires if the proceedings to enter the monument into the Inventory is not initiated within 14 days from the day of its delivery.
3. Discontinued conservation, restoration, or construction works at the monument may be undertaken again if within 2 months from the day of delivery of the decision referred to under Paragraph 1 the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments does not enter this monument into the Inventory.
Art. 47. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may resume the proceedings on the issued permit referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 1, and then change, or cancel it, by way of decision, if during research, works or other activities specified in the permt new facts, or circumstances occured that could lead to the damage, or destruction of the monument.
Art. 48. The Director of the Marine Office in agreement with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments in charge of the territory where the Marine Office is seated may by way of decision:
1) discontinue research, or search conducted without the permit referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 2; or
2) change, or cancel as a result of resuming the proceedings the issued permit referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 2 if new facts and circumstances occured that could lead to the damage or destruction of the monument; or
3) cancel the issued permit referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 2 if research, or search are conducted inconsistently with the scope and conditions specified in this permit.
Art. 49. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision ordering the private person, or the organizational unit with a legal title to use the monument entered into the Inventory resulting from the ownership law, perpetual usufruct, or perpetual administration, or limited right in rem, or obligatory relation to carry out conservation, restoration, or construction works at the monument if they are necessary due to the poor preservation state of this monument.
2. Execution of the decision ordering to carry out conservation, or construction works at the immovable monument does not exempt from the obligation to obtain the permit to built, or the obligation to inform about it in cases specified in the Construction Law regulations.
3. In case of substitute execution of conservation, or construction works at the immovable monument the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues the decision specifying the amount of the receivables of the Treasury resulting from the substitute execution of these works, their scope and the time of requireability of receivables.
4. The Treasury receivables due to the substitute execution of conservation and construction works at the immovable monument are secured by the judicial mortgage on the real estate at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments upon the decision referred to under Paragraph 3. If the real estate does not have mortgage register security may be made by adding the request and the decision to the set of documents.
5. The regulation specified under Paragraph 4 does not apply to the immovable monuments being the property of the Treasury.
6. The Governor of Voivodship (wojewoda) may in agreement with the General Inspector of Monuments, by way of decision, write off the Treasury receivables due to the substitute execution of conservation and construction works at the immovable monument in whole, or in part, or may let them be paid by installment if the uncollectability of the receivables is ascertained, or their collection may incurre significant damage to the financial situation of the person, or the unit referred to under Paragraph 1.
7. The judical mortgage is removed from the mortgage register at the request of the Governor of the Voivodship on the basis of the decision referred to in Point 6. If the real estate does not have mortgage register the request and decision are added to the set of documents.
Art. 50. 1. If a threat occurs that the movable monument entered into the Inventory might be destroyed, damaged, stolen, lost, or illegally exported the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may issue the decision on the protection of monument in the form of a temporary distraint, until the threat is removed.
2. The temporary distraint of the movable monument consists in passing it depanding on its type to a museum, archive, or a library.
3. If a threat occures that the immovable monument entered into the Inventory might be destroyed, damaged, stolen, lost, or illegally exported the Administrative Chief Executive of the District may at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issue the decision on the protection of monument in the form of a temporary distraint, until the threat is removed. Regulations on the real estate management are applied accordingly.
4. If the threat referred to under Paragraph 1, or 3 cannot be removed:  
1) the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may by way of decision take the movable monument over as the property of the Treasury with the aim to intend it for cultural, educational, or tourist purposes. The takeover is subject to compensation equal to the monument’s market value;
2) the immovable monument may at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments be dispossessed by the Administrative Chief Executive of the District in favour of the Treasury, or the Commune on the grounds of which the monument is placed in the course and under the rules provided for in the regulations on real estate management. 
Chapter 5
Export of Monuments
Art. 51. 1. Monumets may be permanently exported if their export does not cause the damage to the national heritage.
2. Monuments may be temporary exported if their preservation state enables it, and the private person, or the organizational unit possessing the monument guarantees that they will not be destroyed, or damaged, and will be returned to the country before the permit expires.
3. Monuments export takes place based on:
1) single permit for the permanent monument export;
2) single permit for the temporary monument export;
3) specific open permit for the temporary monument export;
4) general open permit for the temporary monument export.
Art. 52. 1. Single permit for the permanent monument export is issued by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage on the basis of the opinion of the committee of experts in various fields of the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
2. Private person, or organizational unit possessing the monument submits a request for issuing a single permit for the monument export by the agency of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
3. If the monument export does not require a single permit for the permanent export the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments issues a certificate referred to in Article 59, Paragraph 3.
4. The monument export based on the permit referred to under Paragraph 1 may take place not later than within 12 months from the day of issuing the permit.
Art. 53. 1. Single permit for the temporary monument export is issued by the Voividship Inspector of Monuments at the request of the private person, or organizational unit possessing the monument, that intends to export the monument once for utilitarian, or exhibition purposes, or to carry out conservation works.
2. Time of permit validity referred to under Paragraph 1 may not be longer than 12 months from the day of issuing the permit.
Art. 54. 1. The specific open permit for the temporary monument export is issued by the Voividship Inspector of Monuments at the request of the private person, or organizational unit possessing the monument, that intends to export the monument repeatedly for utilitarian, or exhibition purposes.
2. Time of permit validity referred to under Paragraph 1 may not be longer than 3 years from the day of issuing the permit.
Art. 55. 1. General open permit for the temporary monuments export is issued by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments at the request of the museum, or other institution of culture that in connection with its activity intends to repeatedly export its collections, in whole or in part, for exhibition purposes.
2. Time of permit validity referred to under Paragraph 1 may not be longer than 5 years from the day of issuing the permit.
Art. 56. 1. The General Inspector of Monuments may, by way of decision, cancel the permit referred to in Article 51, Paragraph 3, Point 2-4.
2. The cancellation of the permit may take place if the monument preservation state has deteriorated, or the new facts and circumstances has revealed that the requester cannot offer the guarantee referred to in Article 51, Paragraph 2.
3. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments immediately notifies the custom administration body of the permit cancellation.
Art. 57. 1. Private person, or organizational unit that has the permit referred to in Article 51, Paragraph 3, Point 2-4 shall upon use of the permit notify the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments of the monument’s return to the country within the time not longer than 14 days from the day of its return.
2. Shall the private person, or organizational unit referred to under Paragraph 1 be called by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments their are obliged to make the monument available for examination.
3. If the monument does not return to the country in a period of permit validity the custom administration body immediately notifies of this fact the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 58. In case of library materials dated before 1 January, 1949 permits referred to in Article 51, Paragraph 3 are issued by the National Library Director. Regulations of the Article 51, Paragraph 1 and 2, and Article 52, Paragraph 1 and 4, and Article 53-57 are applied accordingly.
Art. 59. 1. Export permits are not required in case of:
1) monuments not entered into the Inventory that are not more than 55 years old;
2) monuments being sites of technology not entered into the Inventory that are not more than 25 years old;
3) monuments imported, covered by the temporary customs clearance procedure as understood by the regulations of the Customs Code;
4) monuments imported by persons enjoying diplomatic privileges, or immunity, or in order to furnish diplomatic representations, and consular posts;
5) works of living artists;
6) library materials dated after 31 December, 1948;
7) other objects with monuments attributes that do not have status of the monument.
2. The regulation specified under Paragraph 1 does not apply to the monuments entered into the museum’s inventory, or included in the National Library Resources.
3. A Certificate stating that objects referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 1-5 and 7 do not require export permit is issued to the requestor by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
4. The certificate for export is not required in case of library materials dated after 31 December, 1948, if no doubt exists as to the time of their creation.
5. If the private person, or organizational unit that intends to export materials referred to under Paragraph 4 has doubts as to the time of their creation shall turn to the National Library Director to issue the certificate stating that the object was created after 31 December, 1948.
Art. 60. Considering requests for the export of monuments, or other objects the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may ask for the opinion of the institution of culture specialized in the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 61. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the course of submitting requests and issuing single permit for the permanent monument export, and single and multiple permits for the temporary monuments export as well as certificates for monuments and objects with monuments attributes that do not require permit.
2. The regulation shall specify the requirements that should be met by the request, permit and certificate referred to under Paragraph 1 as well as the course of considering these requests, including the examination of objects submitted for export.
Chapter 6
Restitution of the Monuments Illegaly Exported from the Territory of the Member State of the European Union
Art. 62. 1. Restitution of the monuments consists in undertaking activities, by the right bodies of the EU member state, at the request of other member state, from the territory of which the monument was illegally exported, whose aim is to find, safeguard, and make the restitution of a monument possible.
2. Regulations of the following Chapter apply to the monuments illegally exported from the territory of the EU member state after 31 December, 1992.
Art. 63. Illegal export of the monument is an export from the territory of a member state that violated regulations on the protection of monuments binding in this country, or in the EU. 
Art. 64. 1. The proceedings in connection with the restitution of the monument are conducted with relation to the monument of one of the following categories:
1) archaeological monuments that are more than 100 years old, are part of archaeological collections, or were gained as a result of archaeological research, or were found accidentally;
2) items being the integral part of the monuments of architecture, decor, memorials, statues, and artistic craftsmanship that are more than 100 years old;
3) original paintings that do not belong to the categories specified in Point 4 and 5, they are made using any technique and on any material, they are more than 50 years old, and of value higher than EUR 150,000, and they are works of non-living artists;
4) original works of watercolor paintings, gouaches, and pastel drawings made on any material, that are more than 50 years old, and of value higher than EUR 30,000, and they are works of non-living artists;
5) original mosaics that do not belong to the categories specified in Point 1 and 2, and original drawings made using any technique and on any material, that are more than 50 years old, of value higher than EUR 15,000, and they are works of non-living artists;
6) original works of graphics and their matrixes as well as original posters, that are more than 50 years old, their value is higher than EUR 15,000, and they are works of non-living artists;
7) original sculptures, statues, or their copies made using the same technique as the original ones, they do not belong to the category specified in Point 1, they are more than 50 years old, of value higher than EUR 50,000, and they are the works of non-living artists;
8) photographs, films and their negatives, that are more than 50 years old, of value higher than EUR 15,000, and they are the works of non-living artists;
9) individual incunabulas and manuscripts, or incunabulas and manuscripts included in collections, and maps and musical scores, that are more than 50 years old;
10) individual books, or books included in collections, that are more than 100 years old, of value higher than EUR 50,000;
11) printed maps that are more than 200 years old;
12) collections of historical, ethnographic, and numismatic significance, of value higher than EUR 50,000;
13) means of transport that are more than 75 years old, of value higher than EUR 50,000;
14) other categories, not referred to in Point 1-13, covering monuments that are more than 50 years old, of value higher than EUR 50,000.
2. The proceedings referred to under Paragraph 1 also apply to the monuments:
1) entered into the Inventory;
2) included in the public collections possessed by the Treasury, units of territorial government, and other organizational units belonging to the public finance sector;
3) included in the museums’ inventories, or in the National Library Resources;
4) included in churches’ inventories.
3. Monuments referred to under Paragraph 1, or 2 are subject to restitution if the member state from the territory of which they were illegally exported recognized them before or after their export as the monuments of the special significance for the national heritage.
Art. 65. 1. The body approved to conduct proceedings dealing with the restitution of the monument exported illegally from the territory of the member state is the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection acting in this matter in cooperation with other Ministers, Directors of Head Offices, Governors of Voivodships and units of territorial government.
2. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection cooperates with and consults right authorities of member states, and in particular:
1) organizes, at the request of the member state claiming the restitution, search for the monument of national culture that was illegally exported from its territory, establishing the identity of the present owner, or proprietor; 
2) notifies member states of finding on the territory of the Republic of Poland an object of alleged monument value that was illegally exported from the territory of other member state.
3) enables the right authorities of the member state claiming the restitution of the monument of national culture to examine it in order to establish if the object is the one being searched for, within 2 months from the day of notifying an interested member state of its finding;
4) undertakes necessary activities with the aim to safeguard the monument found;
5) prevents activities not allowing the member state claiming the restitution of the monument to restitute the monument concerned;
6) mediates between the present owner, or proprietor of the monument and the member state claiming the restitution of the monument concerned.
3. The request referred to under Paragraph 2, Point 1 shall contain information enabling to find the monument, with indication its present, or presumable place of storage.
4. The regulations specified under Paragraph 2, Point 4 and 5 do not apply if the time limit for examination referred to under Paragraph 2, Point 3 is not kept by the right authorities of the interested member state.
Art. 66. 1. The proceedings concerning the restitution of the monument exported illegally from the territory of the member state may take place if the member state claiming its restitution submits the request referred to in Article 65, Paragraph 2, Point 1, not later than within 12 months from the day of being informed of the monument storage place, and the identity of its owner, or proprietor.
2. The proceedings concerning the restitution of the monument may not be undertaken if 30 years passed from the day of illegal export of the monument from the territory of the member state. The regulation does not apply to the monuments listed in Article 64, Paragraph 2.
3. The proceedings concerning the restitution of the monument are not initiated if its export from the territory of the member state claiming its restitution ceased to be illegal before the day such proceedings were initiated.
Art. 67. 1. The member state claiming the restitution of the monument may file a lawsuit for the return of this monument against its present owner, or proprietor in a civil court on the territory on which the monument is found.
2. The suit shall contain in particular a description of the monument, confirmation that it is covered by the request for restitution, and the statement of the right authorities of the member state filing the lawsuit on illegal export of the monument from its territory. 
3. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection informs the right authorities of the other member states of the initiation of the proceedings.
Art. 68. 1. In the verdict on the return of the monument to the member state from the territory of which the monument was illegally exported the court grants damages to the person who can prove that he/she purchased the monument in good faith.
2. The damages referred to under Paragraph 1 are paid by the member state claiming the restitution of the monument at the time the monument is passed to the member state.
3. A person who inherited or was donated a monument covered by the lawsuit cannot be, in relation to this monument, in more favourable legal situation than a person leaving inheritance, or a donator.
Art. 69. If Article 67, Paragraph 1 and 2, and Article 68, Paragraph 1 and 2 do not apply to the certain matters regulations of the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Proceedings shall apply accordingly.
Art. 70. 1. The member state claiming the restitution of the monument exported illegally from its territory covers costs connected with the search and the protection of monument concerned as well as costs of its return resulting from the verdict of the court.
2. The member state claiming the restitution of the monument retains the right to claim the return of the costs referred to under Paragraph 1 from the person responsible for illegal export of the monument from its territory.
3. Ownership right to the monument returned to the member state is subject to the regulations of this member state.
Chapter 7
Rules of Financing the Guardianship of Monuments
Art. 71. 1. Considering the guardianship of monuments the private person, or the organizational unit having a legal title to the monument due to the ownership law, perpetual usufruct, perpetual administration, limited right in rem, or obligatory relation finances conservation, restoration, and construction works carried out at this monument.
2. The guardianship of monuments, including financing of conservation, restoration and construction works carried out at the monument to which the legal title, specified under Paragraph 1 belongs to a unit of territorial government is an own task of this unit.
Art. 72. Conservation, restoration and construction works carried out at the monuments owned by organizational units belonging to the public finance sector are financed from resources granted respectively by administrators of budget elements, or units of territorial government to which the units are subordinate under rules and in the course provided for in separate regulations.
Art. 73. The private person, the unit of territorial government, or other organizational unit being an owner, or a proprietor of the monument entered into the Inventory, or perpetually administering such monument may apply for special purpous subsidy from the state budget for extra financing of conservation, restoration and construction works carried out at the monument.
Art. 74. Subsidy for extra financing of conservation, restoration, and construction works carried out at the monument entered into the Inventory may be granted by:
the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection from the finacial resources of the part of state budget – "Culture and Protection of the National Heritage";
2) the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, from the state budget, in part administered by the Governor of Voivodship.
Art. 75. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection, or the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may grant persons, or units referred to in Article 73 subsidy on the basis of the agreement concluded with these persons, or units.
Art. 76. 1. Subsidy may be granted for extra financing of:
1) necessary expenditure for conservation, restoration, or construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory, estimated on the basis of a calculation approved by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, that will be carried out in the year of applying for granting subsidy, or the year following the year of applying;
2) necessary expenditure for conservation, restoration and construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory that were carried out within 3 years preceding the year of applying for subsidy.
2. Application for granting subsidy referred to under Paragraph 1, Point 2 may be submitted by the applicant after carrying all works at the monument entered into the Inventory, that are specified in the permit issued by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 77. Subsidy for conservation, restoration, and construction works may include expenditure necessary to:
1) draw up technical and conservation evaluations;
2) carry out conservation, architectural, and archaeological research;
3) draw up conservation documentation;
4) work out a plan of conservation and restoration works;
5) draw up a construction project in compliance with regulations of the Construction Law;
6) draw up a project of interior decor reconstruction;
7) safeguard, preserve, and reinforce the monument’s substance;
8) constructionally stabilize components of the monument, or their reconstruction in the scope necessary to preserve this monument;
9) refurbish, or complete plaster and architectural facing, or to reconstruct them completely, with the consideration of colours characteristic of this monument;
10) reconstruct destroyed parts belonging to the monument if such reconstruction does not exceed 50 % of the original substance of belonging parts;
11) refurbish, or completely reconstruct windows, including window frames and shutters, external door frames and doors, roof truss, roofing, gutters, and let-out pipes;
12) modernize power supply in wooden monuments, or in monuments with original components, and belonging parts made of wood;
13) install anti-humidity isolation;
14) complete ground lines of defence architecture works as well as immovable archaeological monuments of own landscape forms;
15) carry out activities with the aim to emphasize existing original elements of historic layout of a park, or a garden;
16) purchase conservation and construction materials necessary to carry out works at the monument entered into the Inventory, referred to in Point 7-15;
17) purchase and install anti-burglary, fire protection and anti-thunder system.
Art. 78. 1. Subsidy may be granted in the amount not exceeding 50 % of necessary expenditure for carrying out conservation, restoration, and construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory.
2. Shall the monument referred to under Paragraph 1 be of special historic, artistic, or scientific value, or require technologically complex conservation, restoration, and construction works subsidy may be granted in the amount not exceeding 100% of necessary expenditure for carrying out these works.
3. If the preservation state of the monument referred to under Paragraph 1 requires carrying out immediate conservation, restoration, and construction works at the monument subsidy may be increased to 100 % of necessary expenditure for carrying out these works.
4. Total amount of subsidy granted by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection and the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may not exceed the amount of extra financing, specified under Paragraph 1-3.
Art. 79. Claiming by the organs referred to in Article 74 amounts due together with interests in the amount specified as for tax arrears, due to non-usage or usage inconsistent with the purpose of granted subsidy, is subject to the regulations on execution proceedings in administration. 
Art. 80. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, detailed conditions and the course of granting special purpose subsidy for conservation, restoration and construction works carried out at the monument entered into the Inventory as well as the way of documenting them.
2. The regulation shall specify in particular the course of action with regard to applications for granting a subsidy, the way of its settlement, and especially, the type of documents necessary to consider the application and to settle the subsidy as well as the way of gathering information on the subsidies granted.
Art. 81. 1. In the course provided for in separate regulations, a subsidy for conservation, restoration and construction works carried out at the monument entered into the Inventory may be granted by the legislative body of the Commune, or County under the rules specified in the resolution issued by this unit.
2. Subsidy in the scope specified in Article 77 may be granted in the amount not exciding 100 % of the necessary expenditure for carrying out by the applicant conservation, restoration, or construction works at the monument entered into the Inventory.
Art. 82. 1. Total amount of subsidy for conservation, restoration, or construction works carried out at the monument entered into the Inventory, granted by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection, the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or the legislative body of the Commune, or County may not exceed 100 % of necessary expenditure for carrying out these works.
2. Extra financing of conservation, restoration and construction works at monuments entered into the Inventory is the public administration task.
3. In order to ensure the execution of resolutions specified under Paragraph 1 bodies authorized to grant subsidy maintain lists of granted subsidies and inform each other of granted subsidies.
Art. 83. The President of the State Committee for Scientific Research may grant financial resources for conservation, architectural, archaeological, or other scientific research connected with carrying out conservation and restoration works at monuments under the rules provided for in the regulations on the State Committee for Scientific Research.
Chapter 8
National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments, and Monuments Protection in the Event of Armed Conflict or Crisis
Art. 84. In order to establish right conditions necessary to execute the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage protection initiates and draws up, with aid of the General Inspector of Monuments, the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments.
Art. 85. 1. The National Program for the Protection and of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments specifies in particular goals and directions of activities, and tasks for the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments, conditions and ways of financing planned activities as well as the schedule of their execution.
2. The National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments is drawn up for a period of 4 years.
Art. 86. 1. The National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments is passed by the Council of Ministers at the request of the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection.
2. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection every two years presents the Council of Ministers the report on the execution of tasks of the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments.
Art. 87. 1. The Managing Board of the Voivodship, County, or the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) draws up for a period of 4 years the voivodship, county, or commune program for the guardianship of monuments.
2. The programs referred to under Paragraph 1 aim in particular to:
1) include the monuments protection issues into the system of strategic tasks resulting from the country spatial development policy;
2) consider conditions of monuments protection, including the cultural landscape and archaeological heritage, combined with the environment protection and ecological balance conditions;
3) cease processes of monuments degradation, and improve the state of their preservation;
4) present individual monuments and advantages of cultural landscape;
5) undertake the activities improving the attractiveness of monuments for social, tourist, and educational purposes as well as supporting initiatives for increasing finance for the guardianship of monuments;
6) identify the conditions of cooperation with the monuments' owners, eliminating conflict situations connected with the use of monuments;
7) undertake the activities enabling to create new work place opportunities connected with the protection of monuments.
3. The voivodship, county and commune program for the guardianship of monuments is accepted respectively by the Voivodship Seym, the County Council, and the Commune Council following the opinion of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
4. The programs referred to under Paragraph 3 are published in the Voivodship Official Journal.
5. Every 2 years the Managing Board of the Voivodship, the County, and the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) draws up a report on the execution of the programs that is presented to the Voivodship Seym, the County Council, or the Commune Council respectively.
6. The report on the execution of the voivodship program for the guardianship of monuments is passed to the General Inspector of Monuments and the right Voivodship Inspector of Monuments in order to use it for drawing up, updating and executing the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments.
Art. 88. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection draws up the National Plan for the Monuments Protection in the event of armed conflict and crisis and coordinates the execution of tasks with the aim to safeguard monuments against effects of threats resulting from crisis.
2. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the organization and the way of monuments protection in the event of armed conflict and crisis with the consideration of tasks of the right-level administration, and organizational units in possession of monuments indicating the way of carrying out protecting works.
3. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection submits the request to include the monument in the International Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection to the Director-General of United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization in order to protect this monument on the basis of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict signed at the Hague, 14 May, 1954 (JoL of 1957, No. 46, Item 212).
4. In order to coordinate undertakings connected with the protection of monuments in the event of armed conflict, the Council of Ministers may establish, by way of regulation, the Polish Advisory Committee as its auxiliary body.
5. The regulation shall specify the organization of the Polish Advisory Committee, the scope and course of its activity as well as the way of financing the Committee, with the special consideration of requirements connected with appointing and dismissing a president, secretary and the Committee members as well as its tasks, way of voting, and its administrative service.
Chapter 9
Organization of the Bodies for the Protection of Monuments
Art. 89. The bodies for the protection of monuments are:
1) the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection whose tasks and authority, on his/her behalf, are executed by the General Inspector of Monuments;
2) the Governor of the Voivodship whose tasks and authority in this matter are executed by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
Art. 90. 1. The General Inspector of Monuments is a secretary or an undersecretary of state in the office serving the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection.
2. The tasks executed by the General Inspector of Monuments include in particular:
1) working out the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments;
2) executing tasks resulting from the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments and the country spatial development policy concept;
3) undertaking activities connected with the support of regional development and the execution of voivodship contracts of the monuments guardianship;
4) maintaining the National Inventory of Monuments and the National List of Monuments Stolen or Illegally Exported;
5) issuing decisions, resolutions, and certificates on issues specified in the Act and in separate regulations;
6) organizing and carrying out checks of compliance with and application of regulations concerning the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments;
7) supervising the activity of the Voivodship Inspectors of Monuments;
8) promoting scientific research on monuments conservation;
9) organizing trainings for conservation service;
10) organizing competitions promoting the guardianship of monuments, including awarding with honorable mentions, money awards, or gifts;
11) issuing opinions on requests for awarding "For the guardianship of monuments" distinction;
12) cooperating with the public administration bodies on the protection of monuments;
13) organizing trainings on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments;
14) undertaking activities with the aim to take care of the monuments connected with the Polish history that remain out of the territory of the Polish Republic.
Art. 91. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments is appointed and dismissed by the Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the General Inspector of Monuments, or by his/her consent. 
2. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may be a person, who:
1) is a Polish citizen;
2) has at least the master degree in one of the fields connected with the guardianship of monuments, and at least 5-year professional experience in this type of work;
3) has knowledge on the public administration function as well as regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments;
4) was not penalized for crimes committed deliberately.
3. A Deputy Voivodship Inspector of Monuments is appointed and dismissed by the Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
4. Tasks executed by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments include in particular:
1) executing of tasks resulting from the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments
2) working out within the confines of granted state budget resources plans of financing of the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments;
3) maintaining the Inventory and the Voivodship Monuments Inventory as well as gathering documentation in this matter;
4) issuing in accordance with the competence decisions, resolutions and certificates on matters specified in the Act and separate regulations;
5) checking the correctness of conducted architectural research, conservation, restoration, and construction works, and other activities carried out at monuments, and archaeological research;
6) organizing and conducting checks on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments;
7) working out voivodship plans for the protection of monuments in the event of armed conflict and crisis, and coordinating activities for the execution of these plans;
8) disseminating knowledge on monuments;
9) cooperating with other bodies of public administration on the protection of monuments.
Art. 92. 1. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments taking part in the conjoint voivodship administration manages the Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments.
2. The Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments acts under the statutes issued by the Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
3. The Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may establish and liquidate Agencies of the Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments. He/she specifies in particular territory for the Agencies’ activities and their seats. 
4. Agency referred to under Paragraph 3 is the part of the Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments.
5. The Agency of the Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments is managed by its Manager.
6. The Chief of Agency referred to under Paragraph 5 is authorized by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments to conduct checks and handle issues on the territory of his/her operation, in particular, issuing administration decisions.
7. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the organization of the Voivodship Offices for the Protection of Monuments, especially with consideration of work places to be obligatorily created in the Offices.
Art. 93. 1. When matters specified in the Act and in separate regulations are concerned the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments is the body of first instance, and the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection is the body of higher level.
2. When matters referred to in Article 36, Paragraph 2 and Article 48 are concerned the Marine Office Director is the body of first instance, and the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection is the body of higher level.
3. When matters on granting permits referred to in Article 51, Paragraph 3 to export the library materials dated before 1 January, 1949, and certificate referred to in Article 59, Paragraph 5 are concerned proceedings of first instance are conducted by the National Library Director, and the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection is the body of higher level.
4. Tasks specified in Article 12, Paragraph 1, Article 16, Paragraph 1 and 3-5, and Article 22, Paragraph 4, Article 32, Paragraph 2, Article 33, Paragraph 2, Article 50, Paragraph 3 and 4, Point 2, and Article 87, Paragraph 1, or in Article 103 and 105 are the duties of territorial government bodies and units indicated in these regulations.
Art. 94. In administrative proceedings concerning historical urban and rural layouts, historical building complexes and sites on which a significant number of monuments is placed, parties of such proceedings may be notified of decisions and other activities of the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection by way of an announcement, or other way of public announcing, commonly accepted in a given place.
Art. 95. When matters connected with the protection of monuments are concerned the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection and the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may act in compliance with the rights of:
1) a party – in administrative proceedings and civil law proceedings;
2) an auxiliary prosecutor – in penal proceedings;
3) a public prosecutor – in proceedings for a petty offence.
Art. 96. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection, at the request of the General Inspector of Monuments, may entrust the conduct of certain matters falling within his/her competence to managers of institutions of culture who specializes in the guardianship of monuments, and for whom he/she is an organizer.
2. The Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may entrust, by way of agreement, the conduct of certain matters that include, inter alia, issuing administrative decisions and fall within his/her competence to the communes and counties as well as to associations of communes and counties on the territory of the voivodship.
3. The Governor of the Voivodship at the request the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments may entrust, by way of agreement, the conduct of certain matters that include inter alia issuing administrative decisions and that fall within his/her competence to managers of institutions of culture who specializes in the guardianship of monuments.
4. The regulations specified under Paragraph 2 and 3 are not applied to matters connected with maintaining the Inventory and Voivodship Monuments Inventory as well as issuing administrative decisions in this matter.
5. Entrusting matters that include inter alia issuing administrative decisions to managers referred to under Paragraph 3 is subject to a consent of the right organizer of these institutions.
Art. 97. 1. The Council for the Protection of Monuments acts at the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection as an opinion-making and advisory body for the matters of the execution of the Council of Ministers policy for the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
2. The tasks of the Council for the Protection of Monuments include issuing opinions on the matters concerning in particular:
1) guidelines for the project of the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments, and the draft of this program;
2) assessment of the execution of tasks resulting from the concept of country spatial development policy in relation to monuments;
3) protection of memorials of history;
4) drafts of legal acts concerning the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
3. 10 to 20 members of the Council for the Protection of Monuments are appointed for 4 years by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection from among persons who has outstanding achievements and contributed to the protection of monuments or the guardianship of monuments.
4. The Council for the Protection of Monuments acts under the statutes issued, by way of order, by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection.
5. The General Inspector of Monuments attends sessions of the Council for the Protection of Monuments.
6. The office servicing the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection provides the administrative and financial service for the Council for the Protection of Monuments.
Art. 98. 1. The Main Conservation Committee acts at the General Inspector of Monuments. It is an opinion-making body in matters concerning conservation activities at the monuments.
2. The Main Conservation Committee, in particular issues opinions on:
1) using methods, technologies, and materials necessary to save monuments;
2) correctness and legitimacy of planned and carried out conservation, restoration and construction works at monuments, and archaelogical research;
3) the way and rules of conduct in case of threats to individual monuments.
3. Members of the Main Conservation Committee are appointed and dismissed by the General Inspector of Monuments from among experts in specific fields of the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
4. The Main Conservation Committee acts under the statutes issued, by way of order, by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection.
5. The office serving the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection provides the administrative and financial service for the Main Conservation Committee.
Art. 99. 1. The Voivodship Council for the Protection of Monuments acts at the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments as an opinion-making body in matters concerning the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
2. The Voivodship Council for the Protection of Monuments includes 5 to 10 members appointed for 4 years by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments from among experts in specific fields of the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
3. The Voivodship Council for the Protection of Monuments acts under the statutes issued, by way of order, by the Governor of the Voivodship at the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.
4. The Voivodship Office for the Protection of Monuments provides the administrative and financial service for the Voivodship Council for the Protection of Monuments.
Art. 100. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection grants and cancels expert’s rights in a specific field of the guardianship of monuments.
2. An expert is entitled to issue assessments and opinions for monuments protection bodies, the bodies of the administration of justice, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Police, the bodies of custom administration, the Border Guard, bodies of fiscal inspection, the Supreme Control Chamber and the General Management of the State Roads and Highways.
Art. 101. 1. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, fields in which experts are appointed, requirements that shall be met by expert candidates, course of action for granting or cancelling experts’ rights, the scope of their rights and obligations, and the way of organizing the service for experts.
2. The regulation shall indicate conditions fulfilling of which affects granting or cancelling expert’s rights.
3. The body responsible for the organizational service of experts is obliged to keep the list of experts.
Chapter 10
Voluntary Guardians of Monuments
Art. 102. 1. Voluntary Guardians of Monuments undertake the activities connected with keeping the monuments value and preserving it in the best state as well as disseminate the knowledge on the monuments.
2. A Voluntary Guardian of Monuments cooperates with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments and the Administrative Chief Executive of the District on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
3. The Voluntary Guardian of Monuments may become a person who agreed to fulfill this function, has full legal capacity, was not penalized for crimes committed deliberately, and has knowledge on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
4. Tasks of the Voluntary Guardian of Monuments may be executed as well by a legal entity, or any other organizational unit without legal personality.
Art. 103. 1. The Voluntary Guardian of Monuments is appointed at the request of the Voivoship Inspector of Monuments by the Administrative Chief Executive of the District in charge of the place of living (seat) of a candidate for the Voluntary Guardian of Monuments.
2. At the request of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, the Administrative Chief Executive of the District cancels the appointment of the Voluntary Guardian of Monuments, if this guardian ceases to meet requirements specified in Article 102, Paragraph 3, or does not execute his/her tasks properly.
3. The Administrative Chief Executive of the District notifies the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments of appointment, or cancellation of the appointment of the Voluntary Guardian of Monuments.
4. The Administrative Chief Executive of the District keeps the list of Voluntary Guardians of Monuments.
Art. 104. The Voluntary Guardian of Monuments is entitled to instruct persons violating regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 105. 1. The private person fulfilling the function of the Voluntary Guardian of Monuments is given an identity card issued by the Administrative Chief Executive of the District. It contains Guardian’s photograph, his/her name and second name, the place of living, the date of issuing an identity card, the signature including name and second name as well as the official position of the person authorized to issue the identity card
2. The Administrative Chief Executive of the District issues a certificate to the legal person, or the organizational unit. It contains information on granting rights of the Guardian, the name and the seat of this person, or unit, the date of issuing the certificate, the signature including the name and second name as well as the professional position of the person authorized to issue the certificate.
Art. 106. 1. Persons who has contributed to the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments are awarded "For the guardianship of monuments" distinction.
2. The "For the guardianship of monuments" distinction is awarded by the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection on his/her own initiative, or at the request of:
1) Minister;
2) central office manager;
3) government administration body in the voivodship;
4) body of a territorial government unit;
5) voluntary organization for which the guardianship of monuments is a statutory purpose.
3. Opinions on requests on awarding the "For the guardianship of monuments" distinction are issued by the General Inspector of Monuments.
4. A person who does not have Polish citizenship is awarded the distinction following consultation with the Minister in Charge of Foreign Affairs.
Art. 107. The Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the course of submitting requests on awarding the "For the guardianship of monuments" distinction, its sample in form of the drawing, its dimensions, the way of presenting a person with it, and the way of wearing it, with the consideration of design used in faleristics.
Chapter 11
Penal Regulations
Art. 108. 1. Any person who destroys or damages a monument shall be imprisoned for a period of 3 months to 5 years.
2. If a perpetrator of the deed specified under Paragraph 1 acts unintentionally shall be subject to a penalty of fine, restricted liberty, or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
3. In case of conviction for the crime specified under Paragraph 1 the court decrees, and in case of conviction for the crime specified under Paragraph 2 the court may decree vindictive damages for indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments. The vindictive damages shall amount from the total of three minimal pays to the total of thirty minimal pays.
Art. 109. 1. Any person who exports a monument without the permit granted, or after exporting it abroad does not return it to the country in the period of the permit validity, shall be imprisoned for a period of 3 months to 5 years.
2. If a perpetrator of the deed specified under Paragraph 1 acts unintentionally, shall be subject to a penalty of fine, restricted liberty, or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
3. In case of conviction for the crime specified under Paragraph 1 the court decrees, and in case of conviction for the crime specified under Paragraph 2 the court may decree vindictive damages for indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments. The vindictive damages shall amount from the total of three minimal pays to the total of thirty minimal pays.
4. The court may decree forfeiture of a monument even if it is not the property of a perpetrator.
Art. 110. 1. Any person who being an owner or proprietor of a monument has not safeguarded this monument enough as to prevent it against damage, destruction, getting lost, or theft is subject to a penalty of arrest, restricted liberty, or fine.
2. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed the vindicative damages may be decreed in the amount of up to twenty minimal pays. The vindicative damages are to be donated to indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 111. 1. Any person who without a permit, or in defiance of the permit’s conditions searches for hidden, or abandoned monuments, using any electronic, or technical devices, or underwater equipment, is subject to a penalty of arrest, restricted liberty, or fine.
2. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed the following penalties may be decreed:
1) forfeiture of the equipment and objects that served, or were designed for committing the offense even if they were not the property of the perpetrator;
2) forfeiture of the objects that come directly or indirectly from the offense;
3) obligation to restore the former state, or pay the equivalent of the damage made.
Art. 112. 1. Any person who violates bans and restrictions binding on the territory of the cultural park or part thereof is subject to a penalty of arrest, restricted liberty, or fine.
2. If a perpetrator of deed specified under Paragraph 1 acts deliberately is subject to a fine.
3. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed 1 or 2 the following penalties may be decreed:
1) forfeiture of the equipment and objects that served, or were designed for committing the offense even if they were not the property of the perpetrator;
2) forfeiture of the objects that come directly or indirectly from the offense;
3) obligation to restore the former state, or pay the equivalent of the damage made.
Art. 113. 1. Any person who being an owner or proprietor of the monument entered into the Inventory, or other monument listed in the Voivodship Monuments Inventory does not notify the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments of:
1) damage, destruction, getting lost, or theft of the monument, immediately after being informed of such event;
2) threat to the monument immediately after being informed of such threat;
3) change of the storage of the movable monument within a month from the day of such change;
4) changes concerning the legal status of the monument, not later than within a month from the day of their occurrence, or the time of being informed of such changes.
is subject to a fine.
2. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed the vindicative damages may be decreed in the amount of up to twenty minimal pays. The vindicative damages are to be donated to indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 114. Any person who prevents or makes it difficult for a monument protection body to access it in order to execute rights resulting from the Act is subject to a fine.
Art. 115. 1. Any person who did not immediately notify the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) of finding during ground, or construction works an object of alleged monument value as well as he/she did not discontinue works that might damage or destroy the object found, or he/she did not safeguard using all available measures the object found, or the site where it was found, is subject to a fine.
2. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed the vindicative damages may be decreed in the amount of up to twenty minimal pays. The vindicative damages are to be donated to indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 116. 1. Any person who did not immediately notify the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, or the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) of accidental finding an object of alleged archealogical monument value as well as he/she did not disafeguard using all available measures the object found, or the site where it was found, is subject to a fine.
2. When the offense specified under Paragraph 1 is committed the vindicative damages may be decreed in the amount of up to twenty minimal pays. The vindicative damages are to be donated to indicated social purpose connected with the guardianship of monuments.
Art. 117. Any person who without permit, or in defiance of the permit’s conditions conducts any conservation, restoration, and construction works, and conservation or architectural research at the monument entered into the Inventory, or any construction works, or archealogical research on its surroundings, is subject to a fine.
Art. 118. Any person who without a permit places technical devices, bulletin boards, billboards, or written texts on the monument entered into the Inventory is subject to a fine.
Art. 119. Any person who does not implement post-inspection recommendations referred to in Article 40, Paragraph 1 is subject to a fine.
Art. 120. Matters specified in Article 110-119 are adjudicated on the basis of regulations of the Proceedings Code in Cases Prosecuted as Petty Offense.
Chapter 12
Changes in Binding Regulations
Art. 121. In the Act of 31 January, 1959 on cemeteries and burying the dead (JoL of 2000, No. 23, Item 295, and No. 120, Item 1268, of 2002 No. 113, Item 984, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) in Article 6, Paragraph 4 now reads as follows:
"4. The use of the cemetery grounds for other purpose is acceptable under condition that monuments on these grounds shall be preserved; the monuments may be moved to other site following a permit of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments."
Art. 122. In the Act of 28 July, 1983 on tax on inheritance and donations (JoL of 1997, No. 16, Item  89, No. 137, Item 926, and No. 139, Item 932, of 2000 No. 22, Item 270, and No. 120, Item 1268, of 2001 No. 8, Item 64, of 2002 No. 200, Item 1681, and of 2003 No. 137, Item 1302) in Article 4 under Paragraph 1, Point 9 c) now reads as follows:
"c) movable monuments and collections entered into the Inventory of monuments as well as monuments lent to museums for scientific or exhibition purposes for the period not shorter than 2 years,".
Art. 123. In the Act of 6 April, 1984 on foundations (JoL of 1991, No. 46, Item 203, of 1997 No. 121, Item 769, and of 2000 No. 120, Item 1268) Article 1 now reads as follows: 
"Article 1. Foundation may be established in order to execute socially and economically useful purposes compliant with basic interests of the Republic of Poland, including in particular: health protection, economy and science development, education, culture and art, social welfare and aid, environment protection, and the guardianship of monuments.".
Article 124. In the Act of 15 November, 1984 on agricultural tax (JoL of 1993, No. 94, Item 431, of 1994 No. 1, Item 3, of 1996 No. 91, Item 409, of 1997 No. 43, Item 272, and No. 137, Item 926, of 1998 No. 108, Item 681, of 2001 No. 81, Item 875, of 2002 No. 200, Item 1680, and of 2003 No. 110, Item 1039) in Article 12 under Paragraph 1 Point 11 now reads as follows:
"11) land entered into the Inventory of monuments, under the condition of its development and maintenance in compliance with the regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments,".
Art. 125. In the Act of 17 May, 1989, on geodesy and cartography law (JoL of 2000, No. 100, Item 1086, and No. 120, Item 1268, and of 2001 No. 110, Item 1189, No. 115, Item 1229, and No. 125, Item 1363), the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 13 under Paragraph 2 Point 1 now reads as follows:
"1) regulations on protection of monuments and guardianship of monuments, on environment protection, on forests and public roads,",
2) in Article 54 Point 4 now reads as follows:
"4) the Act of 23 July, 2003 on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments (JoL No. 162, Item 1568),".
Art. 126. In the Act of 8 March, 1990 on commune government (JoL of 2001, No. 142, Item 1591, of 2002 No. 23, Item 220, No. 62, Item 558, No. 113, Item 984, No. 153, Item 1271, and No. 214, Item 1806, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) in Article 7 under Paragraph 1 Point 9 now reads as follows:
"9) culture, including commune libraries and other institutions of culture and the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments,".
Art. 127. In the Act of 28 September, 1991 on forests (JoL of 2000, No. 56, Item 679, No. 86, Item 958, and No. 120, Item 1268, of 2001 No. 110, Item 1189, and No. 145, Item 1623, of 2002 No. 25, Item 253, No. 113, Item 984, and No. 200, Item 1682, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717 and 721) the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 7, Paragraph 3 now reads as follows: 
"3. "Forest management in forests entered into the Inventory of monuments, and in forests on the grounds of which archaeological monuments entered into the Inventory of monuments are placed is executed in agreement with the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments, with the consideration of regulations on monuments.", 
2) in Article 40 under Paragraph 1 Point 8 now reads as follows:
"8) the guardianship of monuments,".
Art. 128. In the Act of 16 October, 1991 on environment protection (JoL of 2001, No. 99, Item 1079, No. 100, Item 1085, No. 110, Item 1189, and No. 145, Item 1623, of 2002 No. 130, Item 1112, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) the following changes are introduced:
1)in Article 2a Point 1a now reads as follows:
"1a) a forest stand of park character – is understood as complexes of trees and other vegetation, shaped functionally and artistically, of value of the monument as understood by the regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments as well as spatial and artistic, or natural value,",
2) in Article 34a, Paragraph 1 now reads as follows: 
"1. Grounds with a forest stand of park character that is not subject to the regulations on the protection of monuments and guardianship of monuments may be considered by the Commune Council as a commune park if the grounds are the property of the Treasury, or the property of the territorial government unit.". 
Art. 129. In the Act of 25 October, 1991 on organizing and conducting cultural activity (JoL of 2001, No. 13, Item 123, of 2002 No. 41, Item 364, and of 2003 No. 96, Item 874) the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 1, Paragraph 2 now reads as follows: 
"2. The state holds patronage over the cultural activity consisting in the support and promotion of creative activity, education and cultural education, cultural activities and initiatives and the guardianship of monuments.",
2) in Article 7b, Paragraph 1 and 2 now reads as follows:
"1. Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection, other ministers and managers of central offices with relation to centres and institutions of culture subordinate to them as well as territorial government units may grant scholarships for persons engaged in artistic activity, dissemination of culture and the guardianship of monuments.
2. The scholarship referred to under Paragraph 1 consists in granting financial resources for persons executing specific undertakings in artistic activity, the guardianship of monuments, or the dissemination of culture.",
3) in Article 28, Paragraph 2 now reads as follows: 
"2. The income of institutions of culture are receipts from conducted activity, including the sale of movable property items, excluding monuments as well as receipts from lease and rental of property items, subsidies from the budget, financial resources received from private, or legal persons and from other sources.";
4) in Article 32:
a) Paragraph 1 now reads as follows: 
"1. Institutions of culture, including in particular museums, organizational units with the purpose of the guardianship of monuments, research and documentation centres, artistic exhibition centres, galleries and centres of art, National Film Collection, libraries, community centres and cultural centres, common rooms and clubs, artistic circles, artistic work centres conduct in particular the activity of culture dissemination.",
b) under Paragraph 2 Point 2 now reads as follows:
"2) the guardianship of monuments,";
5) Article 40 now reads as follows: 
"Art. 40. The regulations of the Act do not violate the regulations of the Act of 23 July, 2003 on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments (JoL No. 162, Item 1568), the Act of 27 June, 1997 on libraries (JoL No. 85, Item 539, of 1998 No. 106, Item 668, of 2001 No. 129, Item 1440, and of 2002 No. 113, Item 984) and of the Act of 21 November, 1996 on museums (JoL of 1997, No. 5, Item 24, of 1998 No. 106, Item 668, and of 2002 No. 113, Item 984) in the matter of conducting cultural activity in the forms specified in these Acts.".
Art. 130. In the Act of 27 October, 1994 on paid highways (JoL of 2001, No. 110, Item 1192, of 2002 No. 25, Item 253, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 721, and No. 139, Item 1325), the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 22 under Paragraph 1 point 4 now reads as follows:
"4) conditions resulting from the needs of the protection of environment and the protection of monuments,";
2) in Article 57 Point 3 now reads as follows:
"3) compliance with technical-building and utilization regulations concerning highways as well as regulations on the protection of environment and on the protection of monuments, and the guardianship of monuments,".
Art. 131. In the Act of 3 February, 1995 on the protection of agriculture and forest land (JoL No. 16, Item 78, of 1997 No. 60, Item 370, No. 80, Item 505, and No. 160, Item 1079, of 1998 No. 106, Item 668, of 2000 No. 12, Item 136, and No. 120, Item 1268, of 2001 No. 81, Item 875, and No. 100, Item 1085, of 2002 No. 113, Item 984, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) Article 34 now reads as follows: 
"Art. 34. The Voivodship Inspector of Monuments in relation to land on which archaeological monuments are placed may specify, by way of decision, the scope and way of utilization of such land.".
Art. 132. In the Act of 21 November, 1996 on museums (JoL of 1997, No. 5, Item 24, of 1998 No. 106, Item 668, and of 2002 No. 113, Item 984), the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 1, Paragraph 1 now reads as follows: 
"1. A museum is an organizational, non-profit unit with the purpose to safeguard monuments, inform of values and contents of collections gathered, to disseminate basic values of the Polish and world history, science and culture, to mold cognitive and aesthetic sensitivity as well as to enable the contact with collections through activities referred to in Article 2.";
2) Article 2 now reads as follows: 
"Article 2. Museum realizes the goals specified in Article 1 by in particular:
1) collecting monuments in the statutory-specified scope;
2) cataloguing and preparing a scientific work-out of the collected museum objects;
3) keeping the collected monuments in conditions ensuring the right state of preservation and security as well as storing them in the way that they are available for scientific purposes;
4) safeguarding and conserving museum objects, and, if possible, safeguarding the immovable archaeological monuments and other immovables of material culture and nature;
5) organizing exhibitions;
6) organizing research and scientific expeditions, including archaeological ones;
7) conducting educational activity;
8) making the collections available for educational purposes;
9) ensuring the right conditions for visiting museum and using the collections;
10) conducting publishing activity.";
3) Article 20 now reads as follows: 
"Article 20. A museum that is registered at purchase of monuments is entitled to:
1) priority of purchase from the entities offering monuments for sale valid for a period of 14 days from the day of announcing the intention to buy a monument by the museum,
2) pre-emption directly on auctions, at auctioned price.",
4) in Article 21, Paragraph 2 now reads as follows: 
"2. Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall specify, by way of regulation, the scope, forms and way of Inventorying monuments in museums, indicating, in particular, the type of Inventory documentation, requirements of maintaining such documentation, the way of museum objects labelling as well as the course of drawing up their documentation in case of moving them outside museum’s seat, or deleing from the museum’s inventory.".
Art. 133. In the Act of 20 June, 1987 on traffic law (JoL of 2003, No. 58, Item 515, No. 124, Item 1152, No. 130, Item 1190, No. 137, Item 1302, and No. 149, Item 1451 and 1452) in Article 2 Point 39 now reads as follows:
"39) "antique vehicle" – vehicle that under separate regulations was entered into the Inventory of monuments, or is included in the Voivodship Monuments Inventory;".
Art. 134. In the Act of 21 August, 1997 on real estate management (JoL of 2000, No. 46, Item 543, of 2001 No. 129, Item 1447, and No. 154, Item 1800, of 2002 No. 25, Item 253, No. 74, Item 676, No. 113, Item 984, No. 126, Item 1070, No. 130, Item 1112, No. 153, Item 1271, No. 200, Item 1682, and No. 240, Item 2058, and of 2003 No. 1, Item 15, No. 80, Item 717, 720 and 721, No. 96, Item 874, and No. 124, Item 1152) the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 6 Point 5 now reads as follows:
"5) the guardianship of real estate being monuments as understood by the regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments,";
2) in Article 13, Paragraph 4 now reads as follows: 
"4. Sale, exchange, donation, or giving under perpetual usufruct of the real estate entered into the Inventory of Monuments, being the property of the Treasury or a territorial government unit as well as inclusion of these real estate as non-financial contributions to companies (apports), requires permission of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments.";
3) in Article a) after Paragraph 2 Paragraph  2a is added that reads as follows:
"2a. When real estate is entered into the Inventory in the decision on establishing perpetual administration an organizational unit may be obliged if necessary to reconstruct or redecorate monumental buildings placed on this real estate in the period specified in this decision.";
4) in Article 96:
a) after Paragraph 1, Paragraph 1a is added that reads as follows:
"1a. In relation to the real estate entered into the Inventory the decision referred to under Paragraph 1 is issued following permission of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments to divide this real estate.",
b) Paragraph 2 now reads as follows: 
"2. When the division is subject to the adjudication of the court the decision referred to under Paragraph 1 and 1a is not issued. If the division depends on arrangements of a local plan the court asks for the opinion of the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City), and when real estate is entered into the Inventory the court asks as well for the opinion of the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments. These opinions are not subject to Article 93, Paragraph 5.".
Art. 135. In the Act of 4 September, 1997 on government administration departments (JoL of 2003, No. 159, Item 1548) in Article 14, Paragraph 1 now reads as follows: 
"1. Department of Culture and National Heritage Protection covers the issues of the development and the guardianship of material and non-material national heritage, and the issues of cultural activity, including the state patronage over this activity, in particular:
1) maintenance and dissemination of the national and state tradition;
2) protection of monuments and guardianship of monuments;
3) activity of museums;
4) national memory places, military graves and cemeteries, memorials of extermination and thier protected zones;
5) creative and artistic activity, folk culture and artistic handicraft as well as the protection thereof;
6) publishing houses, bookselling, libraries and reading;
7) cultural education;
8) artistic exhibitions;
9) audiovideo policy;
10) amateur artistic movement, regional as well as voluntary-cultural organizations and associations;
11) cultural exchange with foreign countries;
12) spectacle and entertainment activity.".
Art. 136. In the Act of 5 June, 1998 on the Voivodship Government (JoL of 2001, No. 142, Item 1590, and of 2002 No. 23, Item 220, No. 62, Item 558, No. 153, Item 1271, and No. 214, Item 1806) the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 11 under Paragraph 2 Point 7 now reads as follows:
"7) supporting the development of culture and safeguarding the national heritage as well as its rational usage,";
2) in Article 14 under Paragraph 1 Point 3 now reads as follows:
"3) culture and the protection of monuments,".
Art. 137. In the Act of 5 June, 1998 on the county government (JoL of 2001, No. 142, Item 1592, and of 2002 No. 23, Item 220, No. 62, Item 558, No. 113, Item 984, No. 153, Item 1271, No. 200, Item 1688, and No. 214, Item 1806) in Article 4 under Paragraph 1 Point 7 now reads as follows:
"7) culture and the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments,".
Art. 138. In the Act of 27 April, 2001 on environment protection law (JoL No. 62, Item 627, and No. 115, Item 1229, of 2002 No. 74, Item 676, No. 113, Item 984, No. 153, Item 1271, and No. 233, Item 1957, and of 2003 No. 46, Item 392, and No. 80, Item 717 and 721) the following changes are introduced:
1) in Article 19, Paragraph 3 Point 3, Article 47 Point 1 c), Article 52, Paragraph 1 Point 5, Article 96 and Article 101 Point 7 "cultural property" used in different grammatical cases are replaced by "monuments" in the right grammatical case;
2) in Article 238, Point 1 e) now reads as follows:
"e) monuments placed in the neighbourhood or within the range of direct influence of an installation, that are subject to the protection under the regulations on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments,".
Chapter 13
Interim And Final Provisions
Art. 139. 1. As far as initiated cases and cases without the final decision before effective date of the Act are concerned the regulations of this Act are applied.
2. The competence of the bodies dealing with matters reffered to under Paragraph 1 is specified on the basis of the Act’s regulations.
Art. 140. 1. Final decisions made on the basis of the regulations of the Act of 15 February, 1962 on the protection of cultural property (JoL of 1999, No. 98, Item 1150, of 2000 No. 120, Item 1268, of 2002 No. 25, Item 253, and No. 113, Item 984, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) are valid.
2. Agreements concluded on the basis of Article 12, Paragraph 1 and 3 of the Act referred to under Paragraph 1 are valid not longer than 6 months from the Act’s effective date. 
Art. 141. Persons entitled the rights of an expert of the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection who were appointed on the basis of Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the Act reffered to in Article 140, Paragraph 1 lose their rights after 6 months from the Act’s effective date.
Art. 142. 1. Cultural property recognized as monuments on the basis of the regulation by the President of the Republic of Poland of 6 March, 1928 on the guardianship of monuments (JoL No. 29, Item 265, of 1933 No. 10, Item 62, and No. 82, Item 599, of 1934 No. 110, Item 976, and of 1949 No. 25, Item 180) as well as cultural property entered into the Inventory on the basis of the Act reffered to in Article 140, Paragraph 1 becomes the monuments entered into the Inventory as understood in this Act.
2. Immovable monuments recognized as memorials of history on the basis of the regulations valid so far remain monuments of history under this Act.
Art. 143. 1. Within 3 years from the Act’s effective date General Inspector of Monuments, the Voivodship Inspectors of Monuments and the Chief Administrator of a Group of Villages (the Mayor, the President of the City) shall establish national, voivodship and commune monuments inventory respectively.
2. Inclusion of the movable monument survey file that is included in the former central Inventory of cultural property into the Voivodship Monuments Inventory does not require the consent of monument’s owner.
Art. 144. Within 6 months from the Act’s effective date the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall adjust the statutes of the cultural institutions dedicated to the guardianship of monuments, for which he/she is an organizer, in order to execute by these institutions tasks connected with the creation and maintenance of the National Monuments Inventory and the National List of Monuments Stolen or Illegally Exported.
Art. 145. Until the Commune Monuments Inventory is created, in the studies on conditions and trends in spatial development of the Commune as well as in local plans of the spatial development apart from the immovable monuments entered into the Inventory and their surroundings, and plans for the protection of cultural parks, other immovable monuments indicated by the Voivodship Inspector of Monuments shall be taken into consideration.
Art. 146. Within 12 months from the Act’s effective date the Minister in Charge of Culture and National Heritage Protection shall draw up the National Program for the Protection of Monuments and the Guardianship of Monuments.
Art. 147. 1. As of the Act’s effective date former Voivodship Departments of Monuments Protection Service and their Agencies shall become the Voivodship Offices for the Protection of Monuments and their Agencies respectively.
2. As of the Act’s effective date the former Voivodship Inspectors of Monuments and their deputies shall become the Voivodship Inspectors of Monuments and their deputies respectively, as understood by this Act.
3. As of the Act’s effective the employees of the former Voivodship Departments of Monuments Protection Service and their Agencies shall become the employees of the Voivodship Offices for the Protection of Monuments and their Agencies respectively.
4. Former liabilities and receivables of the Voivodship Departments of Monuments Protection Service and their Agencies shall become liabilities and receivables of the right Voivodship Offices for the Protection of Monuments and their Agencies.
5. Real estate being so far under the perpetual administration of the Voivodship Departments of Monuments Protection Service and their Agencies is, under the law, put under perpetual administration of the right Voivodship Offices for the Protection of Monuments and their Agencies.
6. The perpetual administration referred to under Paragraph 5 is accepted, by way of decision, by the Governor of the Voividship.
Art. 148. Until executive regulations provided for in the Act are issued, however not longer than for 6 months from the Act’s effective date, executive regulations issued on the basis of the Act reffered to in Article 140, Paragraph 1 are in force if they are not in conflict with regulations of this Act.
Art. 149. The regulations of Chapter 6 shall apply on the day of the accession of the Republic of Poland to the European Union.
Art. 150. The Act of 15 February, 1962 on the protection of cultural property (JoL of 1999, No. 98, Item 1150, of 2000 No. 120, Item 1268, of 2002 No. 25, Item 253, and No. 113, Item 984, and of 2003 No. 80, Item 717) is no longer in force.
Art. 151. The Act is effective after 60 days from the day of its announcement.
The President of the Republic of Poland A. Kwaśniewski
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