Criminal Code of Kosovo - Legislationline

has a unique value or if the offense results in serious damage, the perpetrator shall be
punished by a fine or by imprisonment of up to three (3) years.
3. Whoever, without proper authorization by a competent authority, removes from the
Republic of Kosovo a protected cultural, historical, religious, scientific or natural
monument or object shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment of up to one (1) year.
4. When the offense provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article involves a protected
cultural, historical, religious, scientific or natural monument or an object that has a
unique value, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment of up to
three (3) years.
5. For the purposes of this Article, a “protected cultural, historical, religious, scientific or
natural monument or object” means an object of veneration of a religious community
existing on property dedicated to religious services, a tombstone, grave or some other
place of burial, and a public monument, a natural monument, an object of art, science or
craft which is kept in a public collection or public exhibition, an object which serves a
public need or decorates a public road, square or park, a natural curiosity or an
endangered type of animal or plant.
6. An attempt to commit the offense provided for in paragraph 1 or 3 of this Article shall
be punishable.
Article 364
Unauthorized work and appropriation of cultural monuments
1. Whoever, without authorization by the competent authority, conducts conservation,
restoration or research work on a cultural monument, or, despite a prohibition or without
the authorization, carries out archaeological excavations or research and thereby destroys
or seriously damages a cultural monument or its characteristics shall be punished by a
fine or by imprisonment of up to two (2) years.
2. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed against a
cultural monument of unique value or results in serious damage, the perpetrator shall be
punished by a fine and by imprisonment of six (6) months to three (3) years.
3. Whoever, in the course of archaeological or other research, takes possession of or takes
away an object which has been excavated or an object which has been found in some
other way and which represents a cultural monument shall be punished as provided for in
paragraph 2 of this Article.
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