DECLARATION OF NATIONAL HERITAGE UNDER THE NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT 2005 (ACT 645)

Section 67: Declaration of National Heritage
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare any site, heritage object, underwater cultural heritage listed in the Register or any living person as a National Heritage.

(2) In making a declaration under subsection (1) the Minister may consider:
a) the historical importance, association with or relationship to Malaysian history;
b) the good design or aesthetic characteristics;
c) the scientific or technical innovations or achievements;
d) the social or cultural associations;
e) the potential to educate, illustrate or provide further scientific investigation in relation to Malaysian cultural heritage;
f) the importance in exhibiting a richness, diversity or unusual integration of features;
g) the rarity or uniqueness of the natural heritage, tangible or intangible cultural heritage or underwater cultural heritage;
h) the representative nature of a site or object as part of a class or type of a site or object; and
i) any other matter which is relevant to the determination of cultural heritage significance.

The act can be downloaded from https://www.heritage.gov.my/v2/images/akta_warisan_kebangsaan/AktaWarisankebangsaan2005.pdf