Section 16

is required to register under this Act, or being registered under this Act, is required to re-register under this Act fails to register or re-register within the prescribed time or period;

fails to report his or her change of residence as required under section 10;

informs a registration officer of an address as a contact address that is false or is not an address described in section 10(2)(a) or (b);

fails to submit, or fails to submit within the time prescribed, any returns that are required to be submitted under section 12;

without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, is in possession of one or more identity cards;

unlawfully deprives any person of an identity card;

fails or refuses to surrender his or her identity card to the Commissioner as required under section 13(2); or

defaces, mutilates or destroys an identity card,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

without lawful authority, parts with possession of any identity card to any person;

without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, knowingly obtains or is in possession of or makes use of a forged identity card or an identity card other than his or her own;

unlawfully issues or reproduces an identity card or any part of an identity card; or

forges, erases, alters or falsifies any entry in or tampers with an identity card,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.