Cap 374B reg 42 Issue of duplicate licences and permits (ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS; ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	374B	Title:	ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	42	Heading:	Issue of duplicate licences and permits	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) If a licence holder or a holder of a permit issued in Hong Kong satisfies the Commissioner that the licence or permit has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the Commissioner, on payment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule, may issue to him a duplicate licence or permit so marked, and the duplicate licence or permit shall have the same effect as the original licence or permit.
(2) No person shall apply for a duplicate of a licence or permit issued under these regulations on the grounds that the original licence or permit is lost or destroyed knowing that such original licence or permit has not been lost or destroyed.
(3) The original licence or permit issued under these regulations that has been defaced shall be surrendered to the Commissioner for cancellation together with the application for a duplicate thereof.
(4) On the issue of a duplicate licence or permit under paragraph (1), the original licence or permit shall cease to be valid.
(5) If at any time after the issue of a duplicate licence or permit under paragraph (1) and during the currency of such duplicate licence or permit the original licence or permit is found, the person to whom such original licence or permit was issued shall report the finding thereof to the Commissioner and shall take all reasonable steps to obtain possession of it and return it as soon as possible to the Commissioner for cancellation.
(6) Where due to circumstances beyond his control the Commissioner is unable for the time being to issue a duplicate licence or permit, the receipt issued by him for the payment of the fee for a duplicate licence or permit shall be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to be a valid licence or permit in place of the original licence or permit, until a duplicate licence or permit is issued or the expiry of a period of 30 days after the issue of the receipt, whichever is the earlier.