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there has been no link between the fee collected in each case
This has been remedied in the past few weeks
and the index.
and the receipt number is quoted.
(c)
Duplicate Identity Cards as required by the Registra-
tion Ordinance.
Where a card has been lost and when the Commissioner
of Police is satisfied as to the genuineness of the loss no fee is charged, in other cases the usual fee of $5 is charged.
The cases where a fee is collected are very few.
It is essential that a Register be kept showing
details of all cases where a fee for official signature is
collected. This register should shew the receipt numbers for
fees collected and be initialled or signed by the officer who
signs the permits or other Documents upon which the fee accrues.
General Comments.
9. It appeared to me essential that such departmental
checks that may exist should be strengthened. For example the
officer signing a passport or other document should not do so
until he has initialled or signed the entry in the appropriate
Register and has seen the receipt for the fee to which it relates.
10. The institution of application forms and Registers
recording particulars of all endorsements made on passports
including "Hong Kong Residential" Endorsements should be
prepared.
11.
Application forms should be available for the various
classes of Certificates issued where such are at present non
existent.
All applications Forms and Registers should bear
reference to the duplicate receipt number upon which the fee
has been collected, and also the duplicate receipt should quote
the Registered number of the application form.
12.
It is essential that the Passport Office be furnished
with detailed list of those classes of individuals who are
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