### Registration of Persons Regulations 《人事登記規例》

6. Renewal of young person’s identity card
(1) Every person who is under 11 years of age and is the holder of a permanent identity card shall—
(a) within 30 days of his 11th birthday; or 
(b) if he is outside Hong Kong on that birthday, within 30 days of his return to Hong Kong, 
report to a registration officer, surrender that card and apply for an identity card in place of that card. 
(2) Every person who is under 18 years of age and is the holder of an identity card shall—
(a) within 30 days of his 18th birthday; or 
(b) if he is outside Hong Kong on that birthday, within 30 days of his return to Hong Kong, 
report to a registration officer, surrender that card and apply for an identity card in place of that card. 
(3) If a registration officer is satisfied, on an application under subregulation (1) or (2) by any person, that that person enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong the registration officer shall issue to the applicant a permanent identity card. 
(4) An identity card surrendered to a registration officer under subregulation (1) or (2) shall thereupon cease to be valid. 
(5) It shall be lawful for a registration officer to destroy any identity card surrendered to him under subregulation (1) or (2). 
(L.N. 178 of 1987)

7. Invalidity of young person’s identity card
An identity card not surrendered to a registration officer under regulation 6(1) or (2) shall cease to be valid—
(a) in the case of subregulation (1) of that regulation—
(i) 30 days after the holder’s 11th birthday; or 
(ii) if he is outside Hong Kong on that birthday, 30 days after his return to Hong Kong; or 
(b) in the case of subregulation (2) of that regulation—
(i) 30 days after the holder’s 18th birthday; or 
(ii) if he is outside Hong Kong on that birthday, 30 days after his return to Hong Kong. 
(L.N. 382 of 1989)

### Registration of Persons Regulations 《人事登記規例》

7A. Renewal of permanent identity card issued abroad on return to Hong Kong
(1) Every person who is not an exempt person or an excluded person, and is the holder of a permanent identity card that was issued on an application from outside Hong Kong, shall—
(a) within 30 days of his return to Hong Kong; or 
(b) if he enters Hong Kong for the first time, within 30 days of his entering Hong Kong, 
report to a registration officer, surrender that card and apply for an identity card in place of that card. 
(2) If a registration officer is satisfied, on an application under subregulation (1) by any person, that that person enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong the registration officer shall issue to the applicant a permanent identity card. 
(3) An identity card surrendered to a registration officer under subregulation (1) shall thereupon cease to be valid. 
(4) It shall be lawful for a registration officer to destroy any identity card surrendered to him under subregulation (1). 
(L.N. 382 of 1989)

7B. Invalidity of permanent identity card issued abroad
(1) Where a registration officer is satisfied that a person to whom a permanent identity card that was issued on an application from outside Hong Kong has not complied with regulation 7A(1), he may by such means as he may determine declare the card to be invalid, order it to be surrendered to a registration officer and order the person to whom the card was issued to apply for an identity card at such place, in such manner, and within such period, as he may require. 
(2) If a registration officer is satisfied, on an application under subregulation (1) by any person, that that person enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong the registration officer shall issue to the applicant a permanent identity card. 
(3) It shall be lawful for a registration officer to destroy any identity card surrendered to him under subregulation (1). 
(L.N. 382 of 1989)

### Registration of Persons Regulations 《人事登記規例》

8. Duty to keep and maintain records
(1) The Commissioner shall for the purposes of the Ordinance and these regulations keep such records as he may consider necessary which shall contain all the names of an applicant and the particulars furnished by him under regulation 4(1)(b) and such other particulars as the Commissioner may, in any particular case, consider necessary. (L.N. 178 of 1987) 
(2) For the purposes of such records or for such other purposes as a registration officer may consider necessary, he may record fingerprints, information and documents furnished or made for the purposes of registration or for the issue or renewal of an identity card by—
(a) photographing;
(b) scanning; or
(c) image capturing. (9 of 2003 s. 11)
(3) A registration officer shall destroy identity cards, photographs, fingerprints, information and documents furnished by applicants which are in his possession—
(a) when he considers that such identity cards, photographs, fingerprints, information and documents are obsolete and no longer required; or 
(b) when so ordered by the Chief Secretary for Administration. (L.N. 158 of 1973; L.N. 86 of 1983; L.N. 178 of 1987; L.N. 362 of 1997)

9. Power to call for further information
Any registration officer may—
(a) summon before him any person (including the head of a family) and require him to answer any question which he may reasonably consider necessary to ask him for the purpose of the carrying out of the provisions of the Ordinance or of these regulations; (L.N. 178 of 1987) 
(b) require any applicant to make such declaration, under oath or otherwise, or furnish such further particulars, or produce such documents, as he may reasonably require; (L.N. 204 of 1979) 
(c) require any applicant who has to comply with the provisions of regulation 4(2) to make such declaration, under oath or otherwise, or furnish such further particulars, or produce such documents, as he may reasonably require. (L.N. 204 of 1979; L.N. 178 of 1987)

10. Responsibility for custody of identity card
Subject to the provisions of these regulations—
(a) the applicant, other than a person under 18 years of age, to whom an identity card has been issued, shall be responsible for the custody thereof; and (L.N. 158 of 1973) 
(b) the head of a family the members of whose family have been issued with identity cards shall be responsible for the custody thereof.