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Replacement Exercise>Invalidation
of old identity cards
Invalidation
of old identity cards
- All the old identity
cards issued before 23 June 2003 will be declared invalid by batches in accordance
with the “first apply, first invalidated” principle through the
issue of Registration of Persons (Invalidation of Identity Cards) Order.
- Pursuant to section
7C of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, Cap. 177, Laws of Hong Kong,
the Secretary for Security has declared all old identity cards bearing the
following year of birth to be invalid with effect from the dates shown below:
| Year
of birth |
Invalid
with effect from |
1958 / 1959
1960 / 1961 / 1962 / 1963 / 1964 /
1965 / 1966 / 1967 / 1968 / 1969 |
16/10/2006 |
1943 / 1944 / 1945
/ 1946 / 1947 /
1948 / 1949 /
1950 / 1951 / 1952 / 1953 / 1954 /
1955 / 1956 / 1957 |
15/1/2007 |
1970 / 1971 / 1972
/ 1973 / 1974 /
1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 |
17/9/2007 |
Before 1942
1942 / 1980 / 1981 / 1982 / 1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986 / 1987 / 1988
/ 1989 / 1990 / 1991 / 1992 / 1993 / 1994 / 1995 / 1996 / 1997 / 1998
/ 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 |
30/11/2008 |
- With effect from 30 November
2008, all the old identity cards issued before 23 June 2003 will become invalid.
- The invalidation of old
identity cards will not affect the holder’s right of abode in Hong Kong
unless the holder has lost his permanent resident status under the Immigration
Ordinance, Cap. 115, Laws of Hong Kong.
- Failure to apply for
a new identity card within the specified call-up periods without reasonable
excuse is an offence. Offenders may be prosecuted and are liable to a fine
of $5,000.
- For holders of old identity
cards who were absent from Hong Kong during the specified call-up periods
and have not replaced their identity cards under the Hong Kong Smart Identity
Card Replacement Exercise, they should apply at any of the Registration of
Persons Offices within 30 days of their return to Hong Kong.
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Mon, 14 July, 2008
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