Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Establishment and Maintenance of a Philippine Registry of Heritage. - All cultural properties and natural properties of cultural significance shall be registered in the Philippine Registry of Heritage. Information regarding private ownership of registered cultural properties and natural properties of cultural significance shall remain confidential in accordance with Republic Act No. 10173 of "The Data Privacy Act of 2012".

The Commission, through the appropriate cultural agencies and LGUs, shall establish and maintain this Registry. The guidelines in the registration of cultural property and natural properties of cultural significance are as follows:

(a) All cultural agencies concerned shall individually maintain an inventory, evaluation, and documentation of all cultural properties and natural properties of cultural significance declared according to their category and shall submit the same to the Commission. For cultural property declared as Grade I or Grade II Level, 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) LGUs shall likewise maintain an inventory of cultural property and natural properties of cultural significance under their jurisdiction and shall furnish the Commission a copy of the same;

(c) The cultural agencies and LGUs concerned shall continuously coordinate in monitoring and updating their respective cultural property and natural properties of cultural significance inventories. The Commission shall provide LGUs with technical and financial assistance for the inventory and updating of locally and nationally declared cultural properties and natural properties and natural properties of cultural significance and tangible and intangible heritage;

(d) All govenrment agencies and instrumentalities government-owned and/or -controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, including public educational institutions, shall report their ownership and/or possession, and disposition of such items to the pertinent cultural agency and shall register such properties; and

(e) Private collectors and owners of cultural property and natural properties of cultural significance shall register such properties. The private collectors and owners of cultural property and natural properties of cultural significance shall not be divested of their possession and ownership thereof even after registration of said property as herein required.

Information on registered cultural properties and natural properties of cultural significance 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.

The inclusion in the Registry of the cultural properties and natural properties and natural properties of cultural significance belonging to the indigenous cultural communities or indigenous peoples (CCs/IPs) shall be subject to prior consultation with ICCs/IPs and to their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as provided in Section 16 of this Act.