16. The recognition of cultural property is made by an entry in the register contemplated in section 11. Notice of such entry must be sent to the custodian of the cultural property in the case of a movable, and, in the case of an immovable, to the person indicated as owner in the land register and to the clerk or the secretary-treasurer of the local municipality in whose territory it is situated. The recognition shall take effect from the date of entry in the register contemplated in section 11 in the case of a movable and, in the case of an immovable, from the registration of the notice in the land register.
1972, c. 19, s. 16; 1978, c. 23, s. 3; 1985, c. 24, s. 17; 1996, c. 2, s. 100; 1999, c. 40, s. 39; 2000, c. 42, s. 102.