23. Replacement of section 36A of the principal enactment

Section 36A of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the substitution therefor of the following section :-

36A. The Commissioner-General or any

District Secretary or any Divisional Secretary -

may, on the ground of the poverty of any person, waive the fee payable by that person for registration or the issue of a duplicate of national identity card;

shall, if such fee is so waived, issued to that person a certificate of waiver in respect of such fee.”.