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(iv) place of birth;
(v) age and sex;
(vi) whether he is married or unmarried;
(vi) particulars of his children:
(viii) profession, occupation, trade or employment; and
(ix) such other particulars as the registration officer may, in any particular case, consider necessary,
but, if the applicant or the appropriate head of a family is unable to write, he shall dictate the relevant particulars to a registration officer or to any person authorized in writing by the Commissioner for the purpose, and, upon completion. the applicant shall acknowledge the correctness of the partic ulars by affixing his signature, or fingerprint, or mark in the presence of the registration officer or the person authorized as aforesaid in such place in the form as may be indicated.
(2) Every person who is the head of a family shall, in addition to the requirements contained in paragraph (1) in relation to himself, be responsible to ensure that members of his family comply through him, if necessary, with the appropriate provisions of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1).
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), every applicant who is a consul may furnish, and the registration officer may accept, suitable passport size photographs of himself, his wife, his dependent children of the age of seventeen years and upwards and of his consular staff, their wives, and their dependent children of the age of seventeen years and upwards, and the recording of their left thumb- prints or such other single fingerprints shall not be required.
5. (1) After due compliance by applicants with the provisions identity cards. of regulation 4 the registration officer shall, if he is satisfied with the particulars furnished thereunder, cause to be delivered to every applicant an identity card-
Form 1. First Schedule. Form 2. First Schedule.
(a) as in Form I of the First Schedule in respect of an applicant
of the age of seventeen years and upwards; or
(b) as in Form 2 of the First Schedule in respect of an applicant
under seventeen years; or
(c) in such form as the Governor may approve in respect of consuls, consular staff and their wives and dependent children. containing such particulars as may be necessary for purposes of identification within-
(d) forty days of the date of application in the case of persons- (i) within the Colony at the commencement of these regula- tions; or
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(ii) who have been ordered by the Governor, under the provisions of paragraph (iv) of the proviso to section 10 of the Ordinance, to be registered again; or
(e) one hundred and twenty days of the date of application, upon satisfactory proof of residence being furnished to the registra- tion officer, in the case of persons entering the Colony after the commencement of these regulations.
(2) If an identity card is not collected by the person to which it refers within thirty days of the date of collection as advised by the registration officer, such card may be destroyed and the applicant shall ugain comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
6. Every person in possession of an identity card who is under Duty of seventeen years of age shall, within thirty days after his seventeenth persons to Deregbur birthday, return the identity card relating to him to the registration after officer and the provisions of paragraph (1) of regulation 4 shall apply eventeenth
birthday. to him as if he had not been previously registered. Upon compliance with the aforesaid provisions to the satisfaction of the registration officer, a fresh identity card as in Form 1 of the First Schedule shall Fora 1, be issued to the applicant.
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7. The Governor in Council may, notwithstanding that any person Power of or description or category of persons is in possession of an identity Council to card or identity cards issued under the provisions of these regulations, order re- require by order published in the Gazette all such persons or description registration. or category of persons to comply again within such time as may be provided with the provisions of regulation 4 or such part thereof as may be specified in the order and, if considered necessary or advisable, to return such cards to the Commissioner for cancellation and issue of a fresh identity card upon payment of such fee as may be specified in the order.
B. (1) The Commissioner shall for the purposes of the Ordinance Duy to
keep und and these regulations keep such records as he may consider necessary maintain which shall contain all the names of an applicant and the particulars records. furnished by him under sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) of regula- tion 4 and such other particulars as the Commissioner may, in any particular case, consider necessary.
(2) For the purposes of such records or for such other purposes as the Commissioner may consider necessary, he may photograph finger- prints, information and documents furnished or made for the purposes of registration.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner when so ordered by the Colonial Secretary to destroy fingerprints, information and docn- ments furnished by applicants which are in his possession.