s.16Surrender of Cayman Islands Identification Card
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Section 16Part 4 — SURRENDER, CANCELLATION AND DESTRUCTION OF CAYMAN ISLANDS IDENTIFICATION CARD

Surrender of Cayman Islands Identification Card

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A person who —
wishes to surrender the person's Cayman Islands Identification Card; or
is knowingly in possession of a Cayman Islands Identification Card without either —
the lawful authority of the individual to whom it was issued, or
the permission of the Registrar,
shall, in the manner specified by the Registrar, notify the Registrar of the circumstances in (a) or (b) as soon as it is practicable to do so and comply with any relevant requirements from the Registrar.
The Registrar may take any of the actions set out in subsection (3), where it appears to the Registrar that a person is in possession of —
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that was issued to another person;
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that has expired or been cancelled or is otherwise invalid;
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that has not yet been cancelled but is of a description of cards that the Registrar has decided should be re-issued;
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that has been damaged or tampered with; or
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that is in that person's possession in consequence of a contravention of a relevant requirement.
The actions that the Registrar may take under subsection (2) are as follows —
require the person referred to in subsection (2) to surrender the Cayman Islands Identification Card within such period and in such manner as the Registrar may specify;
provide further instructions to the person in relation to the Cayman Islands Identification Card; or
suspend or cancel the Cayman Islands Identification Card.
The Cabinet may prescribe the manner in which a Cayman Islands Identification Card shall be surrendered to the Registrar under subsection (1) or (3).
A person who contravenes a requirement imposed by or under —
subsection (1) or (3); or
any regulations under subsection (4),
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.
In this section —
a Cayman Islands Identification Card is considered as having been damaged where any characteristic or feature in or on it is, or has become, unreadable or otherwise unusable;
a Cayman Islands Identification Card is tampered with where the information in or on it has been modified for an unlawful purpose, or copied or otherwise extracted for such a purpose; and
"relevant requirement" means a requirement or an instruction given by the Registrar to surrender or otherwise to deliver a Cayman Islands Identification Card to the Registrar in accordance with this Act, the regulations or any enactment relating to the surrender of such document.

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