Print Options

(1) Where the holder of a national identity card has reasonable cause to suspect that the card

(a) is lost,

(b) has been stolen,

(c) has been damaged,

(d) has been tampered with, or

(e) has been destroyed,

the holder shall as soon as practicable notify the Authority and the police.

(2) On receipt of the notification, the Authority shall direct the relevant district registration officer to make recommendations for the replacement of the card.

(3) The Authority or the police officer responsible shall require the holder to depose to an affidavit to certify the veracity of the loss, theft, damage, interference or destruction of the identity card.

(4) The Authority shall determine the prescribed form of the affidavit required to be executed and the date for its submission to the Authority.

(5) The Authority, on receipt of the recommendation of the district registration officer and the affidavit of the holder of the national identity card, shall if satisfied with the recommendations and  affidavit, inform the registration officer to replace the national identity card.

(6) When a national identity card is re-issued for the purpose of its replacement, the Authority shall inform each district registration officer and any other agency concerned, of the replacement.

(7) For the purpose of this section

(a) a national identity card is damaged where the damage affects anything in or on the card and renders it unusable or unreadable, and

(b) an identity card has been tampered with where information in or on the card has been modified, copied, or extracted for an unlawful purpose.