(Exchange Issuance of Registration Certificate)

Article 6.

The alien may, in case his registration certificate has been noticeably damaged or spoiled, apply for the issuance of a new registration certificate in exchange for that certificate, submitting the documents and photographs specified in the following items accompanied by such registration certificate to the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village wherein he resides:

(1) One application for issuance of registration certificate;
(2) Passport;
(3) Two photographs.

2. In the case of the application under the preceding paragraph, a person under the age of sixteen years shall not be required to submit his photographs.

3. In case the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village has received the application under Paragraph 1, he shall confirm whether the entry of the registration card is in accordance with the actual facts.

4. The mayor of the city or the head of the town or village shall, in case he has confirmed under the preceding paragraph, issue a new registration certificate according to the registration card.

5. The provisions of Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of the preceding paragraph.

6. The mayor of the city or the head of the town or village may order the alien who carries a noticeably damaged or spoiled registration certificate to return it and to make the application under Paragraph 1.

7. In case the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village has received the application provided for in Paragraph 1, he may make a new registration card by rewriting the registration card of the alien.

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