Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 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)