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effectivity of this Act. The guidelines in the registration of
cultural property are as follows:
(a) All cultural agencies concerned shall individually
maintain an inventory, evaluation and documentation of all
cultural properties declared according to their category and
shall submit the same to the Commission. For cultural
property declared as immovable cultural property, the
appropriate cultural agency shall, after registration, give due
notice to the concerned Registry of Deeds for annotation on
the land titles pertaining to the same;
(b) Local government units, through their cultural offices,
shall likewise maintain an inventory of cultural property under
its jurisdiction and shall furnish the Commission a copy of
the same;
(c) Both cultural agencies concerned and local government
units shall continuously coordinate in making entries and in
monitoring the various cultural properties in their respective
inventory;
(d) All government agencies and instrumentalities,
government-owned andlor -controlled corporations and their
subsidiaries, including public and private educational
institutions, shall report their ownership andlor possession of
such items to the pertinent cultural agency and shall register
such properties_within three (3) years from the effectivity of
this Act;
(e) Private collectors and owners of cultural property shall
register such properties within three (3) years from the
effectivity of this Act. The private collectors and owners of
cultural property shall not be divested of their possession and
ownership thereof even after registration of said property as
herein required.
Information on registered cultural properties owned by
private individuals shall remain confidential and may be given
only upon prior consent of the private owner. The Commission
shall operate the Registry in the NCCA portal cultural
databank.