Cap. 258 чл. 20Loss, destruction, etc., of document.

(1) If an identity document is lost, stolen, destroyed or defaced, the holder of that document shall, without delay, report the fact to the authorised officer and, in the case of a defaced document, shall surrender the defaced document to that officer.

(2) Upon an application for the issue of an identity document in substitution of a document lost, stolen, destroyed or defaced, and upon the payment of any applicable fee as may be prescribed, the authorised officer, if satisfied that the document has been lost, destroyed or defaced and, in the case of a defaced document, that it has been surrendered as required by this Act, shall issue a fresh document.

(3) Except as provided in subarticle (2), or unless the authorised officer is of the opinion that he should, subject to any conditions he may deem appropriate, act otherwise in the circumstances, no identity document shall be issued in respect of the same person unless all documents previously issued in respect of that person, including a document the validity of which has expired, have been surrendered to that officer.

(4) For the purposes of this article an identity document shall be treated as lost if the authorised officer is satisfied that it is not recoverable.