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Registration of Persons

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section 7 for a permanent identity card to be issued to him if such permanent identity card is required by the applicant for a British National (Overseas) passport or certificate of identity.

3B. Head of a family to make application, etc.

( Added 32 of 1987 s. 5)

Where provision is made by or under this Ordinance for a person to present or surrender an identity card or to make a report or application to a registration officer, or at a registration office, or to register, then in any case where that person is under 18 years of age and there is another person who stands in relation to him as head of the family----

(a) the presentation or surrender of the identity card or the report, application or registration shall be made by that other person; and

(b) the provisions of this Ordinance and of any regulations made thereunder shall be construed as if they expressly required the presentation or surrender of the identity card or the report, application or registration to be made by the head of the family: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent a registration officer from accepting, if he thinks fit to do so, any identity card, report, application or registration from a person under 18 years of age where the head of the family has failed to present or surrender the identity card or to make the report, application or registration.

3C. Establishment of Registration of Persons Tribunal

(Added 32 of 1987 s. 5)

(1) There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Registration of Persons Tribunal.

(2) For the purpose of exercising the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, the Governor shall appoint a chief adjudicator, deputy chief adjudicator and such number of other adjudicators as from time to time may be necessary.

(3) The remuneration, if any, of the chief adjudicator, deputy chief adjudicator and other adjudicators shall be determined by the Governor.

(Added 32 of 1987 s. 5)

3D. Jurisdiction of Tribunal and determination of appeals

(1) The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide any appeal by a person who is aggrieved by a decision of a registration officer not to issue a permanent identity card to that person, or to declare a permanent identity card issued to him to be invalid.