| (1) | Application for a new record book to replace one that has been lost, mutilated or damaged, or that is full, shall be made in the approved form. In the case of loss, mutilation or destruction, a declaration concerning the circumstances thereof shall be made before a proper officer or, if there is no proper officer, before a commissioner of oaths. |
| (2) | An application contemplated in subregulation (1), together with the relevant fee and accompanied by two recent photographs, of size 65 mm by 40 mm, of the applicant, duly certified by a proper officer or a commissioner of oaths as being a true likeness of the applicant, shall— |
| (a) | where there is a proper officer, be lodged with that officer; or |
| (b) | where there is no proper officer, be forwarded by the applicant to the nearest proper officer, and the proper officer shall, if he or she is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a record book and (as the case may be) that— |
| (i) | the applicant has lost his or her record book; or |
| (ii) | the applicant is the rightful owner of the record book and that the record book is mutilated or damaged to such an extent that it can no longer be used; or |
| (iii) | the applicant's record book is full, |
issue to the applicant a new record book.
| (3) | A record book issued pursuant to subregulation (2)(i) or (ii) shall have the same force and effect as the original. |
