(4) A card including a National Identity Card, issued to a person under this Ordinance shall be
proof of his identity as could be established from the contents of such card for any purpose for which
his identity is required to be established.
20. Power to exempt. The Federal Government, or with the approval of Federal Government, the
Authority or any officer authorised by the Authority in this behalf may, by order, in special
circumstances to be recorded in writing exempt any person or class of persons from the requirement
of possessing or producing any�� card for any purpose for which it is required by or under this
Ordinance, or any rules or regulations made thereunder, to be possessed or produced.
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CHAPTER VII
INFORMATION TO THE AUTHORITY
21. Information relation to births, deaths, marriages, divorces, etc. —(1) The birth of a newly
born citizen and the death of a citizen or any other prescribed persons or class thereof, shall be
reported to the District Registrar by such authority or officer in such manner as the Authority may, by
regulations, prescribe.
(2) The marriage or divorce of a citizen or any other prescribed persons or class thereof, shall be
reported to the District Registrar by such authority or officer as may be prescribed by regulations.
22. Information and assistance by user or feeder agencies. —(1) The Authority may request a
user or feeder agency for information or other necessary assistance and cooperation.
(2) All user or feeder agencies shall comply with all such reasonable requests of the Authority as
are made in order to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(3) Any such compliance shall be made in a timely, complete and effective manner and the
Authority may, if deemed fit in a particular case, fix such reasonable period of time for compliance
with its request by a user or feeder agency as may be necessary in the circumstances and the
concerned user or feeder agency shall be bound by such deadline.
(4) It shall be the duty of the head of a user or feeder agency to whom a request is made by the
Authority to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section and subsection (3) of section 7 on
part of his user or feeder agency.
23. Power to call for proof of information. The Authority or any person authorised by it in this
behalf may require a person who has given any information to furnish such documentary Or other
evidence of the truth of that information as it is within the power of that person to furnish.
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