Section 34Sec./Art. 34

Responsibilities of Cultural Agencies for Designation of Cultural Property. - The cultural agencies, in accordance with their respective charters and mandates, shall define and delineate their respective areas of responsibility with respect to cultural mapping and the designation and registration of cultural properties.

For purposes of this Act, the following cultural agencies shall be responsible for the categorization of cultural property:

(a) The Commission, as a cultural agency, shall be responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of all laws protecting Philippine Cultural Heritage;

(b) The CCP shall be responsible for significant cultural property pertaining to the performing arts;

(c) The NAP shall be responsible for significant archival materials;

(d) The NLP shall be responsible for rare and significant Philippine books, and manuscripts such as, but not limited to presidential papers, periodicals, newspapers, singly or in the collection, and libraries and electronic records;

(e) The NHCP shall be responsible for significant movable and immovable cultural property that pertains to Philippine history, heroes, and the conservation of historical artifacts;

(f) The NMP shall be responsible for significant movable and immovable cultural and natural property pertaining to collections of fine arts, archaeology, anthropology, botany, geology, zoology and astronomy, including its conservation component; and

(g) The KWF shall be responsible for the dissemination, development, promotion, and conservation of the Filipino national language and other Philippine languages and dialects.