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Identification Act, 1997 (Act No. 68 of 1997)Chapter 2 : Population Register7. Assignment of identity numbers |
| (1) | The Director-General shall assign an identity number to every person whose particulars are included in the population register in terms of section 8. |
| (2) | An identity number shall be compiled in the prescribed manner out of figures and shall, in addition to a serial, index and control number, consist of a reproduction, in figure codes, of the following particulars, and no other particulars whatsoever, of the person to whom it has been assigned, namely— |
| (a) | his or her date of birth and gender; and |
| (b) | whether or not he or she is a South African citizen. |
