6.1.4
visual confirmation to ensure the correctness of the Commercial Entity Identification
Credentials or the Government Entity Identification Credentials in relation to their
authenticity and accuracy.
6.2
If the Affected Licensee cannot Verify the Commercial Entity Identification Credentials or the
Government Entity Identification Credentials submitted by the Subscriber for Registration in
accordance with the steps described in Article 6.1, then the Verification is deemed to have failed.
7
ELECTRONIC SOLUTION
7.1
Within seven (7) months from the date of coming into force of this Regulation, all Affected
Licensees shall have in place an Electronic Device that is capable of conducting a Verification
Scan which must be approved by the Authority prior to its implementation.
7.2
Following consultation with interested parties, the Authority may determine a unified electronic
solution for Affected Licensees to conduct the Verification Scans.
8
ACTIVATION
8.1
An Affected Licensee shall ensure that, in relation to every SIM-Card Enabled
Telecommunications Service offered after seven (7) months of the date of coming into force of
this Regulation, that Activation shall not occur until after Registration and Verification have been
carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
8.2
Where the Authorised Signatory or Public Officer Registers for multiple SIM-Card Enabled
Telecommunications Services simultaneously, Activation completed in respect of one SIM-Card
Enabled Telecommunication Service shall be deemed as having rendered all the other SIMCard Enabled Telecommunications Services simultaneously Activated.
8.3
Where a Subscriber has initiated the Number Portability Process in accordance with the
Resolution No. (2) of 2010 Promulgating Regulation on Number Portability, the Recipient
Operator shall not Activate the SIM-Card Enabled Telecommunications Service until such time
as the Registration and Verification have been successfully completed.
8.4
Where a SIM-Card Enabled Telecommunications Service is transferred from one Subscriber to
another, the Affected Licensee shall ensure that the new Subscriber has completed
Registration, Verification and Activation.
9
REGISTRATION RENEWAL
9.1
Affected Licensees shall, within twenty seven (27) months from the date of entry into force of
this Regulation, ensure that all Subscribers to a Prepaid Telecommunications Service who, on
the date of entry into force of this Regulation are existing Subscribers, shall be Registered and
Verified and the Subscriber Information duly recorded in the Subscriber Database as though the
existing Subscriber was a new Subscriber in order to successfully complete the Registration
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