12. Overseas Identity Cards. The Authority shall issue or renew, or cause to be issued or
renewed, in the prescribed manner and on prescribed criteria, terms and conditions, cards to such
prescribed class of citizens resident abroad or such prescribed class of emigrants who have got
themselves registered in the prescribed manner, in such form and with such periods of validity thereof
and upon payment of such fee in such form and manner as may be prescribed, to be called Overseas
Identity Cards and receive applications for registration therefore in the prescribed form.
13.Alien Registration Cards. The Authority shall issue or renew, or cause to be issued or
renewed, in the prescribed manner and on prescribed criteria, terms and conditions, cards to such
prescribed class of foreigners resident in Pakistan, whether legally or otherwise, who have got
themselves registered in the prescribed manner, in such form with such periods of validity thereof and
upon payment of such fee in such form and manner as may be prescribed, to be known as Alien
Registration Cards and receive applications for registration therefore in the prescribed form. 1[:]
1[Provided that the cards issued and registered under the Foreigners Act, 1946 (XXXI of 1946)
shall be deemed to have been issued under this Ordinance and shall remain valid till such period as
the Government may notify in the official Gazette.].
14. Powers and functions regarding issuance of cards, etc. The Authority shall take such
measures, exercise such powers and perform such functions as it considers necessary, expedient,
incidental or consequential for or to the issuance and renewal of the cards provided for in sections 10,
11, 12 and 13. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers and
functions, the Authority shall have all enabling powers in this behalf as laid down in section 5 and
subsection (3) of section 6.
15. Safe and proper custody of cards. —(1) Every person to whom a card is issued by the
Authority shall be responsible for its safe custody and for maintaining it in proper shape.
(2) Inspection of cards. The Authority may by regulations prescribe standards for custody and
maintenance of various cards issued by it.
16. Inspections of cards. A Registration Officer or any officer under the control of and
authorized by the Authority in this behalf may require a person to whom any card has been issued to
produce the card for inspection before him or, if it is riot in his possession when so required to
produce it within such time, before such officer and at such place as the Registration Officer or the
officer so authorized may direct.
17. Surrenders of cards. —(1) In case of the death of any holder of a card or certificate issued
under this Ordinance, his card or certificate shall be surrendered or given up to the District Registrar,
or any other person or authority prescribed by regulations, by the spouse, heir, next of kin, parent or
guardian, as the case may be, of such holder within sixty days of such death.
(2) The holder of a card who ceases to be eligible to hold such card or whose card becomes
invalid in accordance with the terms and conditions of his card or under the provisions of this
Ordinance or any rules or regulations made thereunder, shall surrender or give up his card to the
District Registrar or any other person or authority prescribed by regulations within such period of his
so ceasing to be eligible or his card becoming invalid, as may be prescribed.
1 Subs. and added by Act No. XXVII of 2016, s.2.
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