1989 Ed.]
Registration of Persons
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7AA. Transfer of identity card
(1) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse transfers to another person-
(a) an identity card or other document issued under this Ordinance;
or
(b) a forged identity card or other document issued under this Ordinance,
commits an offence and is liable-
(i) on conviction on indictment to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 10 years; and
(ii) on summary conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is immaterial whether the transfer of the identity card or other document or the transfer of the forged identity card or other document, as the case may be, relates to the accused person or another person.
(Added 56 of 1989 s. 5)
7B. Requirement to apply for new identity cards
(1) All persons who are holders of identity cards issued before 1 July 1987, or issued after that date as a result of an application made before that date, shall apply in accordance with regulations made under section 7 for identity cards at such places, in such sequence and within such periods as the Secretary for Security may direct by order published in the Gazette. (Amended 56 of 1989 s. 6)
(2) An order under subsection (1) may direct that applications for identity cards be made by any description or category of persons, whether by reference to their date of birth, sex, place or area of usual residence, identity card numbers, or by reference to any other matter.
(3) Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with subsection (1) in accordance with an order made thereunder, commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $3,000.
(4) A person who is absent from Hong Kong at the time when he is required by an order made under subsection (1) to apply for an identity card, shall not be regarded as failing to comply with subsection (1) provided he applies for an identity card within 30 days of his return to Hong Kong.
7C. Power to declare old identity cards invalid
(Replaced 32 of 1987 s. 10)
(1) The Secretary for Security may by order published in the Gazette declare all identity cards issued before 1 July 1987, or issued after that date as a result of an application made before that date, ...