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The objective of this Law is to specify which movable and immovable cultural and natural assets shall be preserved and to establish an organization which will implement provisions of this Law and to determine its functions (art. 1). "Natural assets" are defined as "valuables from geological, pre-historic and historic are, on surface, under the ground or under water, of which the preservation is essential due to their unique features and beauty". All assets covered by this Law which are known, or shall be discovered in the future, will be considered as state property (art. 5). Article 6 and provisions of section 3 specify which assets should be preserved. Article 15 provides for expropriation of immovable assets. Section 5 provides for the establishment of the Cultural and Natural Assets Supreme Preservation Board under the Ministry and Preservation Boards in locations to be determined by the Ministry. (78 articles divided into 7 Sections and completed by provisional articles that cannot be included in the main Law)
