11
Notwithstanding these proposed amendments, it would still
be possible for a person to change his name by deed poll or to show that he is known by some other name by common repute and usage. In either case an identity card would be issued in his new name.
The Scope of Registration Particulars
12
Some of the personal details which are required for comprehensive registration, either for identity card purposes or in processing any future application for travel documents, are not at present specified in the Registration of Persons Regulations. Amending regulation 4(a) provides that a registrant will be required to furnish in future the following additional particulars:
(a) his correspondence address;
(b) the date (if known) or the year of his birth;
(c) the number of his birth certificate or adoption
certificate (if applicable);
(d) the territories in which he has resided continuously
for a period of six months or more before he entered Hong Kong:
(e) any travel document held by him.
However, under amending regulation 10, a reasonable excuse will provide a defence for not supplying these particulars.
Those Required to Register
13
An inconsistency in the Registration of Persons legislation is that the obligation to register is placed only on those who enter Hong Kong, but not on those who are already resident here. Clause 3 of the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill and amending regulation 3 (a) and (b) make it clear that all residents, unless specifically exempted in law, are required to register.
14
At present, a genuine visitor is exempted from the need to register if he stays in Hong Kong for less than 90 days. Amending regulation 12 provides that the period of exemption be extended to 180 days, in view of the increasing number of genuine visitors who remain in Hong Kong for longer than 90 days.
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