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1905-01-01 00:00:00
Sudan
Antiquities Ordinance [English]
1924-01-21 06:59:39
Iraq
Law of Antiquities of 1924
1929-01-01 00:00:00
Palestine
Law on Antiquities (Title V)
1933-01-01 00:00:00
Syria
Decision No. 166 LR of 1933
1947-01-01 00:00:00
Syria
Legislative Decree No. 89
1952-01-01 00:00:00
Sudan
Ordinance No. 2 [Sudanese]
1955-01-01 00:00:00
Yemen
Antiquities Ordinances [English]
1960-04-14 14:48:50
Kuwait
Princely Decree No. 11 [English]
1963-10-26 00:00:00
Syria
Decree-Law No. 222 [English]
1966-01-01 00:00:00
Palestine
Provisional Law on Antiquities No. 51
1967-12-20 14:48:50
Algeria
Ordinance No. 67-281 [French]
1970-02-15 14:45:49
Bahrain
Bahrain Antiquities Ordinance (Law No. 2) [English]
1972-01-01 00:00:00
Yemen
Decree-Law No. 7 on Antiquities [Arabic]
1974-07-17 06:17:23
Iraq
Amendment (Law No. 120) [English]
1975-07-17 06:17:23
Iraq
Amendment (Law No. 164) [English]
1980-02-01 00:00:00
Oman
Sultani Decree No. 6/80 [Arabic]
1983-08-06 07:53:26
Egypt
Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 [English]
1985-02-20 17:01:01
Bahrain
Amendment (Decree-Law No. 177)
1988-06-01 00:00:00
Jordan
Law of Antiquities No. 21 [English]
1994-01-01 00:00:00
Kuwait
Amendment (Law No. 9) [Arabic]
1995-01-01 00:00:00
Bahrain
Decree-Law No. 11 [English]
2006-01-20 12:53:41
Morocco
Amendment and Supplement (Law No. 19-05) [French]
2008-03-02 00:58:21
Lebanon
Amendment (Law No. 37) [English]
2010-01-13 22:39:22
Tunisia
Amendment (Law No. 2010-118)