Cap. 258 Art. 10Issue and contents of residence documents. Cap. 217. Cap. 420.

(1) Residence documents as referred to in article 9, shall be issued by the authorised officer and shall be authenticated as may be prescribed.

(2) A residence document shall contain a photograph of the person in respect of whom it is issued which, in the opinion of the authorised officer, truly resembles such person at the time the residence document is issued. It shall moreover contain the signature of the holder or a reproduction of a recent signature of the holder, and also the following particulars concerning such person:

(a) name and surname;

(b) the address of the principal place of residence;

(c) nationality;

(3) A residence document shall be made of such material and in such manner as in the opinion of the authorised officer, or as established by law, provide adequate security against forgery, tampering or alteration thereof, and it shall, in any case, include a limited area where machine readable coded information may be inserted to enable the electronic identification of the holder.

(4) The use of any information captured during the residence document issuance process may only be used for the purposes of the Immigration Act, the International Protection Act and any related subsidiary legislation.

(5) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the provisions of article 6(2), (3), (4) and (5) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to persons who feel aggrieved by the illegal use or processing of their personal information.