1, unearthed (water) cultural relics, and publicized in the name of unearthed (water) cultural relics;
2. Stolen, excavated and smuggled cultural relics or cultural relics that have been illegally plundered and lost to China in history;
3. Cultural relics that should be handed over to the administrative department of cultural relics according to law, including cultural relics confiscated and recovered by law enforcement departments at all levels throughout the country in the investigation and punishment of illegal and criminal activities;
4, state-owned cultural relics collection units and other state organs, troops and state-owned enterprises, institutions and other collection and custody of cultural relics;
5. Accessory components of state-owned immovable cultural relics;
6. Precious cultural relics stored in state-owned cultural relics shops;
7, suspected of harming national interests or may have adverse social impact;
8, other laws and regulations shall not be circulated cultural relics.
The provincial cultural relics administrative department may require the auction enterprise to supplement the legal source certification materials of the subject matter:
1, sales invoice of cultural relics store;
2, cultural relics auction vouchers and invoices;
3. Certificate of entry and exit of cultural relics issued by the entry-exit audit institution;
4 other documents that meet the requirements of laws and regulations.
Provisions on penalties for reselling cultural relics:
1. Whoever resells cultural relics prohibited from making profits, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined;
2. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined.
3. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
The significance of cultural relics protection:
The protection of cultural relics is conducive to inheriting and carrying forward the excellent culture and national spirit of the Chinese nation, and is an effective way to enhance national cohesion and safeguard national unity and unity. Cultural relics, as historical material remains, are the witness and important carrier of China's long history and culture, and the spiritual bond to maintain the unity of the Chinese nation.
Strengthening the work of cultural relics is conducive to promoting scientific research and thus promoting economic development. Cultural relics reflect the achievements of scientific and technological development in different historical periods, are the basis of historical and cultural research and the innovative development of modern scientific and technological culture, and have important scientific value.
Strengthening the protection of cultural relics is conducive to improving the construction of national spiritual civilization. Only by recognizing the importance of cultural relics and the urgency of protecting them can we deeply realize the importance of unity and struggle.
To sum up, cultural relics are protected by the state, which prohibits them from circulating and selling abroad.
Legal basis:
Article 32 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Cultural Relics
Any unit or individual who finds cultural relics in construction projects and agricultural production shall protect the site and report to the local cultural relics administration department immediately. After receiving the report, if there are no special circumstances, they should rush to the scene within twenty-four hours and put forward their opinions within seven days. The administrative department of cultural relics may report to the local people's government and notify the public security organ to help protect the scene; When discovering important cultural relics, it shall immediately report to the administrative department of cultural relics in the State Council, and the administrative department of cultural relics in the State Council shall put forward handling opinions within fifteen days after receiving the report.
Cultural relics discovered in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph belong to the state, and no unit or individual may plunder, privately divide or hide them.