21. Demand for surrender of suspicious identity cards
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A registration officer or a police officer may demand that a person having possession or control of an identity card (including a document purporting to be an identity card) to surrender the identity card to the registration officer or police officer if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that —
registration officer
“registration officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means —(a)the Commissioner;(b)the Deputy Commissioner of National Registration;(c)an Assistant Commissioner of National Registration; or(d)a person appointed as a registration officer under section 3(4) for the purposes of that provision.
the identity card has been obtained by means of any false or misleading information, document or statement;
the identity card has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act; or
the identity card is a false identity card.
Any person who receives a demand from a registration officer or a police officer under subsection (1) must comply with the demand.
police officer
“police officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) 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 6 months or to both.[15B