Cultural Fundamental Act Article 9

When making policy decisions, allocating resources, and enacting laws and regulations, the nation shall prioritize the preservation, revitalization, passing-on, conservation, and promotion of culture. It shall establish cultural preservation policies. Mechanisms for public participation in cultural preservation shall be established.The nation shall periodically conduct general cultural heritage surveys and shall provide professional assistance and technical support for the preservation, restoration, revitalization, and anti-disaster work of cultural heritage. If necessary, subsidy may be provided in accordance with laws and regulations. Where cultural heritage is public property, the owner or the managing agencies (institutions) shall budget for and handle their preservation, restoration, management and conservation. Where cultural heritage is private property, the nation may, in accordance with laws and regulations, compensate, have the right of first refusal to purchase, or expropriate it.The central government has the obligation to supervise local government’s cultural preservation obligations; where local governments violate laws or regulations or fail to discharge their obligations, the central government shall become involved or substitute the obligators to perform the aforestated obligations in accordance with laws.