SECTION 187-1

Offences relating to National Cultural and Natural Heritage 1) Whoever: - unlawfully exploits or exports the natural and cultural property of the State and carries out any other activity that devalues it; refuses to include in the inventory or to record movables and immovables belonging to the State, regional and local authorities or to any natural person or corporate body and, that from a historical, artistic, philosophical, scientific, technical or touristic perspective, has value that makes it worthy of preservation , - refuses to classify or declassifies a cultural and natural property belonging to the State; - disposes of the classified property either gratuitously or for profit; - posts notices or installs advertisement equipment on classified monument; - exports any classified or to-be classified property, save with a special temporary exportation authorization issued by the competent authority, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) months to 2 (two) years and with fine of from CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) to CFAF 3 000 000 (three million). 2) Whoever, without the authorization of the competent authority: - destroys, depreciates, transforms or excavates, disposes of or pollutes any cultural property; - displaces or transfers ownership of a to-be classified property and carries out any work other than routine maintenance or ordinary exploitation; - destroys or carries out restoration or conversion works on classified property; - erects buildings or creates easements on classified property; - carries out archaeological excavations and explorations of classified or to-be classified sites; - exports non-classified property, in particular, antique, shall be punished with the penalties provided for in Subsection 1 above.