Section 3
SEC. 3. Definition of terms. Cultural properties are old buildings, monuments, shrines, documents, and objects which may be classified as antiques, relics, or artifacts, landmarks, anthropological and historical sites, and specimens of natural history which are of cultural, historical, anthropological or scientific value and significance to the nation; such as physical, anthropological, archaeological and ethnographical materials, meteorites and tektites; historical objects and manuscripts; household and agricultural implements: decorative articles of personal adornment; works of art such as paintings, sculptures, carvings, jewelry, music, architecture, sketches, drawings, or illustrations in part or in whole; works of industrial and commercial art such as furniture, pottery, ceramics, wrought iron, gold, bronze, silver, wood, or other heraldic items, metals, coins, medals, badges, insignias, coat of arms, crests, flags, arms, and armor; vehicles or ships or boats in part or in whole. Cultural treasures are cultural properties which are segregated and designated as cultural treasures in accordance with the procedure provided for in Section seven of this Act. Antiques are cultural properties which are one hundred years or more in age or even less, but their production having ceased, they have, therefore, become or are becoming rare. Relics are cultural properties which, either as a whole or in fragments, are left behind after the destruction or decay of the rest of its parts and which are intimately associated with important beliefs, practices, customs and traditions, periods and personages. Artifacts are articles which are products of human skills or workmanship, especially in the simple product of primitive arts or industry representing an area or period. Natural history specimens are live or preserved specimens of plants and animals, fossils, rocks, and minerals. Only types, presently irreplaceable specimens, and those in danger of extinction shall be embraced in this Act. Type, as mentioned in Section seven-b in the context of this Act, is a specimen selected as the best to represent a kind or class of objects consisting of many but almost identical individuals or pieces. In the case of specimens of natural history, the type is the individual specimen which was used as the basis of description establishing the species, in accordance with the rules of nomenclature.