Chapter:	177	Title:	REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	3	Heading:	Obligation to be registered	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Every person in Hong Kong is required to be registered under this Ordinance, unless exempted or excluded from its provisions by regulations made under section 7.
(2) Every person who is required by subsection (1) to be registered under this Ordinance and who-

(a) is not the holder of an identity card; or
(b) is the holder of a permanent identity card that was issued on an application made from outside Hong Kong,