அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
(1)
by the insertion immediately after subsection (1)
thereof of the following subsection which shall have effect as subsection (1A) of that section:-
“(1A) No person shall possess, use, or abuse a national identity card belonging to any other living person or any deceased person.”
(2)
by the repeal of subsection (3) and substitution therefor of the following subsection :-
“(3) any person who contravenes the provisions of subsections (1), (1A) and (2) shall be guilty of an
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offence and shall, on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.