National Museums and Monuments Act [Chapter 25:11]. Country/Territory Zimbabwe Document type Legislation Date 1972 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to establish a board of trustees to administer museums and monuments in Zimbabwe; to provide for the establishment and administration of museums; to provide for the preservation of ancient, historical and natural monuments, relics and other objects of historical or scientific value or interest; to provide for the payment of pensions and other benefits to members of the staff of the board of trustees; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Cultural heritage Expropriation Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract The Trustees of the National Museums and Monuments (“the Board”) is established under section 3 as a body corporate. On the recommendation of the Board, the Minister may, by statutory instrument, declare any monument to be a national monument under section 20. Where the Board wishes to acquire: (a) a national monument or relic; or (b) any land in connection with a national monument; or (c) any right over any land in the vicinity of a national monument; and is unable to do so by agreement upon reasonable terms with the owner of the monument, relic or land affected, it may, subject to this section, apply to the President for authority to acquire that monument, relic, land or right, as the case may be (sect. 23). Parts V and VIII of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10] shall apply, an all cases, to the payment of compensation. Full text English Website www.parlzim.gov.zw