Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS,ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 59

Issue of duplicate registration documents, licences, permits and certificates of allocation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If-

   (a)  a registration document is lost, destroyed or defaced; or

   (b)  a vehicle licence is lost, destroyed or defaced, or the figures or the
        particulars thereof become illegible, the registered owner of the
        vehicle may apply to the Commissioner in a form specified by the
        Commissioner for a duplicate registration document or vehicle licence,
        and the Commissioner upon being satisfied as to such loss,
        destruction, defacement or illegibility and upon receipt of any
        registration document or vehicle licence which has been defaced or is
        illegible, shall issue a duplicate registration document or vehicle 
        licence, marked as such, on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed
        in Schedule 2 (or without payment of a fee where in the case of a
        vehicle  licence the Commissioner is satisfied that the figures or
        particulars on it have become illegible through no fault of the
        registered owner) and the duplicate registration document or
        vehicle licence so issued shall have the same effect as the original
        registration document or vehicle licence.

(2) If a trade licence or any permit issued under Part VIII is lost, destroyed
or defaced, the person to whom the trade licence or permit was issued may
apply to the Commissioner in a form specified by the Commissioner for a
duplicate trade licence or permit, and the Commissioner upon being satisfied
as to such loss, destruction or defacement and upon receipt of any
trade licence or permit which has been defaced, shall issue a duplicate
trade licence or permit, marked as such, on payment of the appropriate fee
prescribed in Schedule 2 and the duplicate trade licence or permit so issued
shall have the same effect as the original trade  licence or permit.

(2A) If a certificate of allocation is lost, destroyed or defaced, the
personalized registration mark holder may apply to the Commissioner in a form
specified by the Commissioner for a duplicate certificate of  allocation, and
the Commissioner upon being satisfied as to such loss, destruction or
defacement and upon receipt of any certificate of  allocation which has been
defaced, shall issue a duplicate certificate of  allocation, marked as such,
on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2 and the duplicate
certificate of allocation so issued shall have the same effect as the original
certificate of allocation. (25 of 2005 s. 23)

(3) No person shall apply for a duplicate of a registration document,
vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or certificate of  allocation on the
ground that the original registration document, vehicle  licence,
trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation is lost or destroyed
knowing that such original registration document, vehicle  licence,
trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation has not been lost or
destroyed.

(4) On the issue of a duplicate registration document, vehicle  licence,
trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation under this regulation, the
original registration document, vehicle licence, trade  licence, permit or
certificate of allocation shall cease to be valid.

(5) If at any time after the issue of a duplicate registration document,
vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or certificate of  allocation under
this regulation and during the currency of such duplicate registration
document, vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation
the original registration document, vehicle  licence, trade licence, permit or
certificate of allocation is found, the registered owner, the person to whom
the vehicle licence, trade licence or permit was issued or the
personalized registration mark holder, as the case may be, shall forthwith
report the finding thereof to the Commissioner and shall take all reasonable
steps to obtain possession of it and return it as soon as possible to the
Commissioner for cancellation.

(6) Where due to circumstances beyond his control the Commissioner is unable
for the time being to issue a duplicate registration document,
vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation under this
regulation, the receipt issued by him for the payment of the fee for a
duplicate registration document, vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or
certificate of allocation shall be deemed for the purposes of these
regulations to be a valid registration document, vehicle licence, trade 
licence, permit or certificate of allocation in place of the original
registration document, vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or
certificate of allocation, until a duplicate registration document,
vehicle licence, trade licence, permit or certificate of allocation is issued
or the expiry of a period of 30 days after the issue of the receipt, whichever
is the earlier.

(25 of 2005 s. 23)