9. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment

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Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

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

“(1) The Commissioner-General may, either generally or specially authorize the Additional

Commissioner-General, any Commissioner, any

Deputy Commissioner, any Assistant

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Commissioner, any District Secretary, Divisional

Secretary or any officer of the Department for the Registration of Persons to exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function conferred or imposed upon, or assigned to, the

Commissioner-General by or under this Act:

Provided however, that the preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to the power to compound offences conferred upon the

Commissioner-General by section 51.”;

(2)

by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, of the words “any Government Agent” of the words

“ any District Secretary or any Divisional Secretary”;

(3)

by the addition immediately after subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsections:-

“(3) The Commissioner-General may establish an office of the Department for the

Registration of Persons at provincial level, district level or divisional level as the case may be, and appoint an officer to be in charge of such office.

(4)

The Commissioner-General may authorize the officer in charge of the office referred to in subsection (3) to exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function vested in, or imposed or conferred on the Commissioner-General in respect of registering persons and issuing of national identity cards under this Act .”.

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