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Identification Act, 1997 (Act No. 68 of 1997)

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Identification Regulations, 1998

12. Amendment, cancellation and replacement of identity documents, certificates of particulars of birth and temporary identity certificates

 

 

(1) The holder of an identity card or a temporary identity certificate or any other certificate referred to in section 19(1), or his or her guardian shall, if he or she or his or her guardian has been requested to do so, hand such a card or certificate to the Director-General or dispatch it to him or her by registered mail within 30 days of the date of such request.

 

(2) Any person authorised thereto by the Director-General, may, when it comes to his or her attention that someone is in possession of an identity card or a certificate referred to in section 19(1), seize such card or certificate, and the person to whom such card or certificate has been issued, or his or her guardian or any person who is in possession of the card or certificate, shall surrender it to such an authorised person without delay.

 

(3) Any identity card referred to in subregulation (2) shall on receipt be cancelled by the Director-General, and a new identity card shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 4, be issued in the place of the cancelled identity card and handed to the person in question or dispatched to him or her by mail.

 

(4) A certificate referred to in subregulation (2) on which the necessary amendments cannot be made, or where the Director-General deems it advisable that such certificate be cancelled, shall be cancelled in the same manner as provided for in regulation 12(1) and a new certificate shall be issued in place of the cancelled certificate and be handed to the person in question or dispatched to him or her by mail.