Section 121: Duplicate of licence and canvasser permit
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
121. Duplicate of licence and canvasser permit
(1) Where a licence or a canvasser permit is lost, defaced or rendered
illegible, the Authority may issue a duplicate licence or canvasser permit, as
the case may be, on payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) Where a licence or a canvasser permit which has been lost is subsequently found, the licensee or the canvasser permit holder, as the case may
be, shall forthwith—
(a) inform the Authority that the lost licence has been found; and
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(b) surrender any duplicate licence or canvasser permit issued, to
the Authority.
(3) Any person who—
(a) knowingly retains a duplicate licence or a canvasser permit in
contravention of subsection (2); or
(b) without sufficient excuse, has in his possession an original licence
or canvasser permit and its duplicate at the same time,
shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not
less than 1,000 rupees and not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
[S. 121 amended by s. 35 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008; s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011
w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]