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the manner in which and the places at which application for registration of persons under this Act shall be made;

the establishment of a central registry;

the information and documents to be furnished for the purposes of registration;

the taking and recording of photographs and finger and thumb prints of persons required to be registered under this Act;

the issue and form of identity cards and the particulars to be entered thereon and the different categories of identity cards that may be issued to such categories or classes of persons as may be prescribed;

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the inspection of identity cards by persons in charge of hotels and lodging houses and such other classes or descriptions of persons as may be prescribed;

the issue of replacement identity cards;

requiring persons who have obtained identity cards or replacements thereof before attaining the age of 17 years to re-register within such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of their first registration, as may be prescribed;

the re-registration of persons who have obtained identity cards or replacements thereof within any prescribed period;

the maximum charges that may be made for, and the conditions which may be imposed on the taking by any person of photographs for the purposes of this Act;

the temporary surrender of identity cards;

the custody and production of identity cards;

the times and places for the attendance before a registration officer of applicants and holders of identity cards;

the publication of information derived from the register;

the making of corrections to and alterations in the register, and identity cards;

the preparation, custody and inspection of indices of and the issue of extracts from the register;

the fees to be imposed under this Act, and the conditions under which the collection thereof may be waived;

the presumptions relating to proof of documents kept under the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder and issued under the hand of the Commissioner or of any other officer appointed under section 3;

the conferring and exercise of powers of arrest and search;

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the absolute or conditional exemption of any person or category of persons from the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder;

the imposition of penalties for any contravention of any regulation; provided that no such penalty shall exceed imprisonment for a term of 2 years or a fine of $5,000, or both such imprisonment and fine.