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| (1) Where an identity card is damaged, defaced, or illegible or in danger of becoming illegible, the holder of that card shall forthwith-
| | (a) report that fact in writing to the Commissioner; and | | |
| | (b) apply to the Commissioner for a duplicate of that card. | | |
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| (2) An application for a duplicate of an identity card under this section-
| | (a) shall be in the prescribed form; | | |
| | (b) shall be signed by the applicant; and | | |
| | (c) shall be accompanied by three unmounted copies of a photograph of the applicant of the prescribed dimensions, specifications, standards and quality, one of which shall bear the signature or impression, and the endorsement, referred to in section 9 (3), and the original of that card. | | |
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| (3) No application for the issue of a duplicate identity card shall be refused by the Commissioner except upon the ground that the application is not made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any regulation made thereunder. |
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| (4) Regulations may be made under this Act pro viding for the issue by the Commissioner upon the expiration of each such period of time as may be specified therein to the holders of existing identity cards of new identity cards in replacement of such existing cards. Such regulations may contain provisions similar or substantially similar to the provisions made by this Act in relation to the issue of duplicate identity cards. |
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| (5) An applicant for the duplicate of an identity card under this section shall be liable to pay the cost of the copies of the photograph which accompany such application. |
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