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LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

of August 9, 2012 No. 163

About non-material cultural heritage of the Kyrgyz Republic

(as amended of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of 03.11.2017 No. 188)

Accepted by Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on June 28, 2012

This Law establishes precepts of law in the field of protection and use of elements of non-material cultural heritage in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Article 1. Legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic on protection and use of non-material cultural heritage

The legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic on non-material cultural heritage consists of the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, this Law published according to it other regulatory legal acts and also which came in the procedure established by the law into force of international treaties which participant is the Kyrgyz Republic.

Article 2. The basic concepts and terms used in this Law

In this Law the following concepts and terms are used:

non-material cultural heritage of the Kyrgyz Republic (further - non-material cultural heritage) - customs, traditional games, national sports, forms of representation and expression, knowledge and skills, and also the related tools, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces recognized as the people, communities, groups and, in certain cases, individuals as part of their non-material cultural heritage; elements of non-material cultural heritage - the values determined in this Law and which received the status of non-material elements of cultural heritage;

persons of law of property on elements of non-material cultural heritage - the Kyrgyz Republic, legal entities and physical persons, irrespective of patterns of ownership;

protection of non-material cultural heritage - taking measures for the purpose of ensuring viability of non-material cultural heritage, including its identification, documentation, research, preserving, protection, promoting, transfer by means of formal and informal education, increase in its role, and also revival of different aspects of such heritage;

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