17. Amendment of section 16 of the principal enactment

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Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:-

“(1) Any person who has lost his national identity card shall immediately report such loss to the nearest police station and submit a declaration to that effect to the Commissioner-General and shall thereafter forthwith apply to the Commissioner -

General for a duplicate of that identity card.”

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section -

(a)

by the repeal of paragraph (b)(i) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-

“(i) if no certificate of waiver in respect of the fee for the issue of such duplicate which the Minister is hereby authorized to fix by notification published in the Gazette has been issued to the applicant under this Act, accompany a proof of payment of such fee or substantiate such payment through any prescribed mode of payment; or”

(b)

by the repeal of paragraph (c) thereof and the substitution, therefor of the following paragraph:-

“(c)

shall be signed by the applicant manually or electronically ; and”

(c)

by the repeal of paragraph (d) thereof and the substitution, therefor of the following paragraph:-

“(d)

shall contain –

(i)

a certified copy of the relevant extract of the information book

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of the police station to which the loss of the original of such card was reported by the applicant;

(ii)

prescribed biometrics taken by the Commissioner-General or by a person authorized by him;

(iii)

photographs of the applicant of the prescribed dimensions, specifications, standards and quality; and

(iv)

an image of the applicant taken by the Commissioner-General or by a person authorized by him.”.

Read on from s 18