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LAWS OF KENYA The RegisTRaTion of PeRsons acT Chapter 107 Revised Edition 2012 (1998) Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General www.kenyalaw.org CAP2.

107 Registration of Persons [Rev.

2012 CHAPTER 107 THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1Short title.

2Application.

3Interpretation.

4Appointment of Principal Registrar and staff.

5Register.

6Registration.

7Registration of persons returning from abroad.

8Power to demand proof of information.

9Registration ofcer to issue identity cards.

10Production and inspection of identity cards.

11Entries in identity card.

12Proof of exemption.

13Evidential value of certicates.

14Offences and penalties.

15Offences cognizable to police.

16Rules.

17Validity of identity cards previously issued.

17APowers of arrest without warrant.

18Prosecution of offences.

SCHEDULE Rev.

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50 (1948), CHAPTER 107 13 of 1951, 39 of 1956, THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ACT L.N.

140/1956, L.N.172/1960, L.N.

604/1963, L.N.

236/1964, Commencement: 16th May, 1949 21 of 1966, 11 of 1979, 18 of 1979, An Act of Parliament to make provision for the registration of persons 13 of 1980, and for the issue of identity cards, and for purposes connected 9 of 1987, therewith 21 of 1990, 2 of 2002, 12 of 2012.

1.

This Act may be cited as the Registration of Persons Act.

Short title.

2.

This Act shall apply to all persons who are citizens of Kenya Application.

11 of 1979, s.

2, and who have attained the age of eighteen years or over or, where no 13 of 1980, Sch.

proof of age exists, are of the apparent age of eighteen years or over.

3.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires Interpretation.

11 of 1979, s.

3, authorized ofcer means a registration ofcer authorized by 9 of 1987, s.

2, the Principal Registrar to exercise the powers or perform the duties and 21 of 1990, Sch.

functions in respect of which the expression is used; chief ngerprint ofcer, deputy chief ngerprint ofcer, senior ngerprint ofcer, ngerprint ofcer and senior ngerprint assistant means the persons appointed as such by the Principal Registrar under section 4 (2); District Registrar and Provincial Registrar means the persons appointed as such by the Principal Registrar under section 4 (3); identity card means a card issued under section 9; Principal Registrar and Deputy Principal Registrar means the persons appointed as such under section 4; register means the register established and maintained under section 5; registered person means a person who is registered under this Act; registration document means a document used for the purposes of registration of persons under this Act whether prescribed or not; CAP4.

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Appointment of 4.

(1) The Minister shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint ofcers Principal Registrar and staff.

to be Principal Registrar and Deputy Principal Registrar for the purposes of this Act.

L.N.

604/1963, 11 of 1979, s.

4, (2) The Principal Registrar may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint 9 of 1987, s.

3.

the ofcers specied in the Schedule for the purposes of the Act.

(3) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend the Schedule.

(4) The Principal Registrar may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint any of the persons appointed under subsection (2) to be Provincial Registrar or the District Registrar for any province or district for the purposes of this Act.

Register.

5.

(1) The Principal Registrar shall cause to be kept a register of 13 of 1951, s.

3, all persons in Kenya to whom this Act applies, in which there shall be L.N.

140/1956, entered the following particulars in respect of each person L.N.

172/1960, L.N.

604/1963, (a) registration number; 11 of 1979, s.

5, 9 of 1987, s.

4.

(b) name (in full); (c) sex; (d) declared tribe or race; (e) date of birth or apparent age, and place of birth; (f) occupation, profession, trade or employment; (g) place of residence and postal address, if any; (h) nger and thumb impressions but in case of missing ngers and thumbs, palm or toe or palm and toe impressions; (i) date of registration; (j) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(2) Any public ofcer, duly authorized by the Minister in writing in that behalf, may, in the exercise of his ofcial duties, inspect the Rev.

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107 5 register and make extracts therefrom.

6.

(1) Every person who attains or has attained the age of eighteen Registration.

9 of 1987, s.

5, years and is unregistered shall be liable to registration under this Act 21 of 1990, Sch.

and shall within ninety days of attaining that age present himself before a registration ofcer and register himself by giving to the registration ofcer the particulars specied in subsection (1) of section 5, and for that purpose shall permit his nger and thumb or toe or palm impressions to be recorded in any manner prescribed.

(2) The Principal Registrar may, by notice in the Gazette or in such other manner as he may think t to bring the contents thereof to the notice of the persons affected thereby, require any person or class of persons in any particular area of Kenya to attend before a registration ofcer at such dates as may be specied in the notice for the purposes of registering under the provisions of this Act; and any such person, upon being so required, shall attend and give to the registration ofcer the particulars specied in subsection (1) of section 5 and for that purpose shall permit his nger, thumb, palm or toe impressions to be recorded in the manner prescribed.

(3) Where the Principal Registrar issues a notice in respect of any area under subsection (2), any unregistered person being of a class of persons required to register by the notice who enters that area or who, being within that area, thereafter becomes liable to registration shall present himself forthwith before a registration ofcer, and shall register himself in the manner provided in subsection (2).

(4) A requirement under subsection (2) may be made notwithstanding that any person or class of persons has, prior to that requirement, been registered under this Act.

(5) Where any person is required to register under subsection (2) and has been, prior to that requirement, registered under this Act and issued with an identity card, he shall, on being required by a registration ofcer so to do, forthwith surrender that identity card.

7.

Any person who, by reason of his absence from Kenya at the Registration of persons returning time at which he would otherwise have been required to register under from abroad.

this Act, is not a registered person, shall within thirty days of his entry 11 of 1979, s.

7.

into Kenya attend before a registration ofcer for the purpose of being registered.

8.

A registration ofcer may require any person who has given any Power to demand information in pursuance of this Act or rules made thereunder to furnish proof of information.

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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(1) Upon the registration of a person under this Act, the to issue identity cards.

registration ofcer shall issue an identity card in the prescribed form to that person.

11 of 1979, s.

8, 18 of 1979, Sch., (2) Every identity card shall contain 9 of 1987, s.

6, 21 of 1990, Sch., (a) a photograph, of the prescribed size and type, of the 2 of 2002, Sch.

registered person; and (b) such of the nger and thumb or palm or toe impressions of the registered person as the registration ofcer may require; and for the purpose of obtaining them the registered person shall permit his photograph and his nger and thumb or palm or toe impression to be taken.

Provided that a registered person may elect, or be required by a registration ofcer, to supply a photograph of himself in duplicate where the registration ofcer is satised that the photographs are of the prescribed size and type and have been taken within the prescribed time.

(3) A registered person whose identity card is torn, worn out, mutilated, tampered with or otherwise rendered unserviceable may attend upon a registration ofcer and apply for renewal of the identity card upon payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed and shall at the time surrender the torn, worn out, mutilated, tampered with or otherwise unserviceable identity card; (4) Upon the re-registration of a person under subsection (3), the registration ofcer shall issue a new identity card to that person, and the provisions of subsection (2) shall apply thereto.

(5) Every person to whom an identity card has been issued shall keep the card in safe custody.

(6) Any person who loses his identity card shall, without undue delay, report the loss to the nearest registration ofcer, who, on payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, shall issue to that person a new identity card: Provided that if the registration ofcer is satised that the loss was through no fault or neglect of that person the new identity card shall be issued free of charge.

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10.

(1) Any authority to whom a person, required to be registered Production and inspection of identity under this Act, applies for the grant of any licence, permit or other cards.

document, or for the exercise of its lawful or judicial functions, may L.N.

604/1963, require the applicant to produce his identity card; and, if the applicant 11 of 1979, s.

9, when so required does not produce his identity card or other proof to 9 of 1987, s.

7.

the satisfaction of the authority that he has been registered, the authority may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law for the time being in force, defer consideration of the application until the applicant produces either his identity card or other proof.

(2) During such times and within such areas as the Minister may by notice in the Gazette appoint, any person authorized by the Principal Registrar in writing in that behalf may require any person to whom this Act applies to produce his identity card, or, if the person fails to produce his identity card when required so to do, may require him to produce it within such time, to such person and at such place as the person making the requirement may think t.

(3) Any person purporting to act under subsection (2) shall, if so requested by any person from whom he has required the production of an identity card, produce, for inspection by that person, the written authority under which he purports to be acting.

(4) The Principal Registrar, the Deputy Principal Registrar or any of the persons appointed under section 4 (2) may, in the lawful exercise of his duties or functions under this Act, require a person to whom this Act applies to produce for inspection his identity card, and if the person fails to produce the identity card when required so to do, may require him to produce it within such time, to such person and at such place as the person making the requirement may think t.

11.

No person, other than a registration ofcer or other person Entries in identity card.

authorized by the Principal Registrar in writing in that behalf, shall make any entry in, alteration to or erasure from an identity card.

12.

Where any person claims that this Act does not apply to him, Proof of exemption.

the burden of proving that fact shall lie upon that person.

13.

Any document purporting to be a certicate under the hand Evidential value of certicates.

of the Principal Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, or any of the ofcers 13 of 1951, s.

6, appointed under section 4 (2) and certifying that any return required 11 of 1979, s.

9, 2 of 2002, Sch.

CAP8.

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Offences and 14.

(1) Any person who penalties.

13 of 1951, s.

7, (a) fails to apply to be registered in accordance with the 11 of 1979, s.

10, provisions of this Act; or 9 of 1987, s.

8, 21 of 1990, Sch.

(b) in giving any information for the purposes of this Act, knowingly or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular; or (c) unlawfully deprives any person of an identity card issued to him under this Act; or (d) unlawfully makes an entry, alteration or erasure on an identity card or on any registration document; or (e) unlawfully issues an identity card or laminates or prints an identity card or any of its component parts; or (f) is in unlawful possession of or makes use of an identity card belonging to any other person; or (g) falsely states that he has not previously been registered or commits any act or makes any false representation or omission with the object of deceiving a registration ofcer; or (h) is knowingly in possession of an identity card containing any false entry, alteration or erasure; or (i) having previously had issued to him an identity card under this Act, obtains or attempts to obtain another identity card without disclosing to the registration ofcer the fact of the previous issue and the loss, mutilation or destruction of any identity card previously issued; or (j) with intent to deceive (i) makes a false representation that he or any other person is the person to whom an identity card relates; or (ii) except in such cases as may be prescribed, permits any Rev.

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107 9 other person to be in possession of an identity card issued to him; or (iii) forges or mutilates an identity card, or makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling an identity card as to be calculated to deceive; or (k) being a person employed for the purposes of this Act, publishes or communicates to any person, otherwise than in the ordinary course of his employment, any information acquired by him in the course of the employment; or (l) having, under subsection (2) of section 5, inspected the register and made extracts therefrom, publishes or communicates to any person, otherwise than in the ordinary course of his employment, any information so acquired; or (m) having possession of any information which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this Act, publishes or communicates that information to any other person; or (n) without the written authority of the Principal Registrar, charges fees for the delivery of lost and found identity cards, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding fteen thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months or to both: Provided that nothing in Paragraphs (k), (l) and (m) shall apply to any publication or communication of information made for the purpose of any proceedings before a competent court.

(2) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or with any lawful demand or requirement made under this Act or under such rules, he shall be guilty of an offence and, where no other penalty is specically provided, liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or to both, and in any case where a person has been convicted of an offence involving failure to register under this Act the court may, in addition to or in substitution for any sentence which it may impose upon that person under this section, order him to register himself within such period as it may specify.

(3) Offences under this Act or under any rules made thereunder shall be triable by any subordinate court of the rst or second class.

CAP10.

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2012 (4) A court shall have jurisdiction in any case brought before it under this Act against any person being at the time within its area of jurisdiction, whether the offence is alleged to have been committed within such area or not, or whether the person accused of the offence has his usual place of abode or residence within that area or not.

Offences cognizable 15.

Offences under this Act shall be cognizable to the police.

to police.

Rules.

16.

The Minister may make rules L.N.

604/1963, 21 of 1990, Sch.

(a) prescribing anything required to be prescribed under this Act; (b) prescribing the form of identity card; (c) providing for the insertion in, or removal from, the register of the particulars of any person, and for the procedure to be followed in the issue, surrender or cancellation of any identity card, the issue of duplicate identity cards and the renewal of identity cards; (d) providing for the procedure to be followed where any registered person has changed his name or changes his place of residence or postal address or leaves Kenya or dies; (e) prescribing the fees, if any, which may be charged for a duplicate identity card or for initial registration the renewal or alteration of an identity card; (f) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

17.

Every identity card issued under this Act, whether or not Validity of identity expressed to be valid up to any particular date, shall continue to be cards previously issued.

valid up to such time as the Minister may by notice in the Gazette 9 of 1987, s.

9, declare and upon such declaration every person with an identity card so 2 of 2002, Sch.

declared to be invalid shall within ninety days of the declaration present himself before a registration ofcer to be registered on accordance with section 6.

17A.

Where a person is reasonably suspected of committing Powers of arrest without warrant.

or having committed an offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder, an authorized ofcer or a police ofcer of the rank of 21 of 1990, Sch.

inspector or above may demand his name and address and, if he refuses or fails to give that information to the satisfaction of that ofcer or if Rev.

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107 11 that ofcer has reasonable grounds for believing that unless arrested that person may escape or cause an unreasonable delay, trouble or expenses in being made answerable to justice, he may without warrant arrest him and hand him over to a police ofcer or in the absence of a police ofcer take him to the nearest police station without unnecessary delay.

18.

A prosecution for an offence under this Act may, without Prosecution of prejudice to any other power in that behalf and in particular subject to offences.

the general or special directions of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 9 of 1987, s.

9, be instituted and conducted by any registration ofcer of or above the 12 of 2012, Sch.

rank of registrar or ngerprint ofcer.

SCHEDULE 9 of 1987, s.

10.

OffiCers tO be appOinted by prinCipal registrar First category Senior Assistant Principal Registrar, assistant principal registrars, senior registrars, registrars and other registration ofcers.

Second category Chief Fingerprint Ofcer, deputy chief ngerprints ofcers, nger print ofcers and senior ngerprint assistants.

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50 (1948), Sub.

Leg., Rules Under Section 16 G.N.

894/1949, G.N.

755/1955, THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS RULES G.N.

786/1955, L.N.

236/1964, 1.

These Rules may be cited as the Registration of Persons Rules.

L.N.

29/1981, L.N.

12/1989, 2.

(1) Where a notice under section 6 of the Act requiring a person to L.N.

219/1989, attend before a registration ofcer at such place and between such dates as L.N.

295/1991, may be specied is not brought to the notice of that person by publication in L.N.

39/1992, the Gazette, the notice shall be served personally on that person by delivery or L.N.

272/1994, tender of the notice to him.

L.N.

295/1995, L.N.

348/1995, (2) Every person on whom a notice is so served shall, if required by L.N.

3/1997, the person serving it, sign a receipt therefor on the back of a duplicate of the L.N.

91/1998, notice.

L.N.

32/2008.

L.N.

348/1995.

3.

The identity card issued under section 9 of the Act shall consist of a card, in the form set out in the First Schedule to these Rules, which shall be sealed in a plastic envelope.

L.N.

12/1989, 4.

(1) Every person applying for registration shall whenever possible do L.N.

295/1991, so at his place of domicile or at his place of permanent residence.

L.N.

348/1995, L.N.

91/1998, L.N.

32/ 2006.

(2) Where a person attends before a registration ofcer for the purpose of having himself registered under section 6 (2) of the Act, the registration ofcer shall (a) demand proof of his date of birth or apparent age by production of the birth certicate or age assessment certicate issued by a Government medical ofcer of health or a baptismal certicate issued by a minister of a recognized religious organisation immediately following his birth or some other evidence acceptable to the Principal Registrar; (b) demand proof of his Kenyan citizenship; and (c) record in the form set out in the Second Schedule the particulars of that person specied in section 5 (1) of the Act and shall forward the form when completed to the Principal Registrar.

L.N.

348/1995.

5.

(1) Where a person attends before a registration ofcer for the purpose of registering himself under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 6 of the Act, that person shall permit the registration ofcer to record his nger and thumb impressions in the form in the Third Schedule to these Rules.

(2) The registration ofcer shall thereupon ll in and sign a certicate in the form in the Fourth Schedule, and shall issue the certicate to that person.

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The photographs, required under subsection (2) of section 9 of the L.N.

12/1989, Act, shall L.N.

348/1995.

(a) measure 3 by 2.85 cm; (b) show the head and shoulders only of the registered person to whom the identity card is to be issued; and (c) have been taken during a period of not more than six months before the date of registration and shall be, in the opinion of the registration ofcer, a true likeness of the registered person to whom the identity card is to be issued.

7.

The Principal Registrar may allot such index letters and serial numbers to be inserted in identity cards as he may think t.

L.N.

12/1989, 8.

(1) Upon the loss of an identity card, the registered person shall be L.N.

295/1991, required to report the loss to the nearest police station and obtain an abstract L.N.

348 /1995, report or to an administrative ofce and obtain an ofcial letter certifying the L.N.

91/1998.

loss.

(2) The registration ofcer shall thereupon ll in and sign a certicate in the form in the Fourth Schedule, and shall issue the certicate to the registered person.

(3) After the expiration of sixty days from the issue of the certicate to him by the registration ofcer the registered person shall attend upon the registration ofcer at the registration ofce specied in the third column of the certicate, and shall surrender the certicate to him in exchange for a new identity card.

(4) Upon the issue of the certicate to the person and until the issue to him of a new identity card, the certicate shall not be deemed for all purposes to be an identity card issued under the Act.

(5) There shall be inserted in every new identity card the particulars which are contained in the register in respect of the person to whom the new identity card is being issued.

(6) Subject to the proviso to subsection (6) of section 9 of the Act, every person to whom an identity card is issued under that subsection or under subsection (3) of that section shall pay to the authorised ofcer a fee of one hundred shillings.

9.

(1) Where a registered person changes his name or place of permanent L.N.

12/1989, L.N.

295/1991, residence, he shall, unless he can still be readily located through his previous L.N.

3/1997, address, without undue delay, attend before a registration ofcer, give to him L.N.

91/1998.

the particulars of the change in the form in the Fifth Schedule, and permit his left thumb impression to be taken on that form.

(2) Where the change of name is as a result of marriage or divorce the CAP14.

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15.

Statutory Declarations Act in such form as may be approved by the Registrar as proof of marriage.

(3) The particulars given under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be complete in all respects and shall be such as will enable the Principal Registrar readily to communicate with the registered person.

(4) The registered person shall at the same time surrender his identity card, and permit his photograph to be taken for the purpose of enabling a new identity card to be issued to him.

(5) The registration ofcer shall thereupon ll in and sign a certicate in the form in the Fourth Schedule, on which the registered person shall permit his left thumb impression to be recorded, and issue the certicate to the registered person.

(6) The registration ofcer shall without delay forward the form, the photograph and the surrendered identity card to the Principal Registrar who shall record the changes in the register, cancel the surrendered identity card, and issue a new identity card in accordance with the new particulars.

(7) Rule 8 (3) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a certicate issued under this rule.

L.N.

12/1989.

10.

A registration ofcer may refuse to change the names of a registered person where the registered person requests the change in the names appearing on his identity card to include thereon the names of a deceased person.

11.

(1) Any registered person who ceases to be a citizen of Kenya shall, L.N.

12/1989, L.N.

219/1989.

within twenty-four hours, surrender his identity card to the nearest immigration ofcer or police station or registration ofce or chiefs ofce or send it by registered post to the Principle Registrar.

(2) The ofcer to whom an identity card has been surrendered in accordance with this rule, other than the Principal Registrar, shall, as soon as possible, deliver it to the nearest registration ofce or send it by registered post to the Principal Registrar.

(3) Before issuing a burial permit under the Births and Deaths Cap.

149.

Registration Act, a registrar of births and deaths shall recover the identity card of the deceased and deliver it to the District Registrar of Persons concerned or send it by registered post to the Principal Registrar.

(4) Where the death of a registered person occurs while the person is conned in police custody or he is in prison, the ofcer-in-charge of the relevant police station or prison shall deliver the identity card of the deceased to the District Registrar or send it by registered post to the Principal Registrar.

(5) Any person who nds an identity card which does not belong to him, Rev.

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107 15 [Subsidiary] shall deliver it to the nearest registration ofce or police station or chiefs ofce or send it by registered post to the Principal Registrar.

12.

(1) the Principal Registrar may issue a certicate of appointment L.N.

12/1989.

to any registration ofcer appointed under section 4 (2) of the Act in a form approved by the Minister.

(2) A registration ofcer who has been issued with a certicate of appointment shall, when on duty, keep it on his person.

(3) It shall be lawful for any person or authority to demand to see the certicate of appointment of any person who may be exercising the powers conferred upon registration ofcers under section 17 of the Act.

(4) A registration ofcer whose services in the Public Service are for any reason terminated shall, within twenty-four hours of the termination deliver his certicate of appointment to the nearest District Registrar or the Principal Registrar; and a District Registrar shall deliver the certicate delivered to him under this subrule to the Principal Registrar.

FIRST SCHEDULE (r.

3) fOrm Of identity Card L.N.

348 /1995.

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SECOND SCHEDULE (r.

4) Reg.

136 A reg.

136 C serial number 2_ serial nO.

_ fingerprint ClassifiCatiOn _ phOtOgraph JAMHURI YA KENYA/REPUBLIC OF KENYA SHERIA YA USAJILI WA WATU (Kifungu 107) THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ACT (Cap.

107) NAMBARI YA KITAMBULISHO _ (Identity Card No.) OMBI LA KITAMBULISHO/APPLICATION FOR IDENTITY CARD 1.

Majina Kamili _ (Full Names) 2.

Tarehe ya Kuzaliwa _3.

Mume/Mke _ (Date of Birth) (Male/Female) 4.

Majina ya Baba _ (Fathers Names) 5.

Majina ya Mama _ (Mothers Names) 6.

Marital Status _7.

Majina ya Mume _ (Husbands Full Names) 8.

Nambari ya Kitambulisho ya Mume _ (Husbands ID/No.) 9.

Wilaya ya Kuzaliwa _ (District of Birth) 10.

Kabila _ (Tribe) 11.

Ukoo _ 12.

Mlango _ (Clan) (Family) 13.

Wilaya ya Makao _ (Home District) Rev.

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Tarafa _ (Division) 15.

Eneo la Mbunge _ (Constituency) 16.

Mtaa _ (Location) 17.

Mtaa Mdogo _ (Sub-location) 18.

Kijiji _ (Village/Estate) 19.

Anwani _ (Home Address) 20.

Kazi _ (Occupation) 21.

Vyeti vya Ushahidi ya Maombi (Documents in Support of Application).

(tiCk where appliCable) 1.

Birth Certicate or School Leaving Certicate No.

.

2.

Religious Card or Age Assessment Certicate 3.

Parents ID/Card No.

.

4.

Passport or Registration Certicate No.

.

5.

Any other document.

22.

Nathibitisha kuwa maelezo yote niliyoyatoa ni ya kweli.

(I certify that all the information I have given is correct).* Sahihi.

Tarehe.

(Signature) (Date) right hand thumbprint left hand thumbprint CAP18.

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Nathibitisha kwamba namjua muombaji na yale yote yaliyotolewa ni ya kweli.

(I certify and know the applicant and the particulars given are correct).

(a) Assisant Chief (Name) _ OFFICIAL STAMP Signature_ Date _ (b) Chief (Name) _ OFFICIAL STAMP Signature_ Date_ OFFICIAL STAMP (c) District Ofcer (Name) _ Signature _ Date_ OFFICIAL STAMP (d) District Commissioner (Name) _ Signature _ Date _ 24.

I hereby authorise the above named to be registered in accordance with the provisions of the Registration of Persons Act (Cap.

107), Laws of Kenya.

OFFICIAL STAMP Name of Registration Ofcer _ (Signature and Date) Ofce of Issue _ District _ * For the purposes of the Registration of Persons Act (Cap.

107), Laws of Kenya it is an offence to give any information or to make any statement which is false in a material particular and that any person convicted of the offence may be ned KSh.

15,000 or imprisoned for eighteen months or both.

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348 /1995.

THIRD SCHEDULE (r.5) reg.

136 C serial number reg.

101 (revised 1995) 2_ identity Card nO.

_f.p.

Class _ Names in Full _ ROLLED IMPRESSIONSRIGHT HAND 1.

right 2.

right fOre 3.

right middle 4.

right ring 5.

right little thumb finger finger finger finger FOLD ROLLED IMPRESSIONSLEFT HAND 6.

left 7.

left fOre 8.

left middle 9.

left ring 10.

left little thumb finger finger finger finger FOLD PLAIN IMPRESSIONS TAKEN SIMULTANEOUSLY LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND Note.When a nger is amputated, deformed or so injured that the impression thereof cannot be obtained, the fact should be noted in the space provided for that impression.

_ CIVIL STATUS DATA Home Postal Address_ Date of Birth _ Home District _ Division _ Location _Sub-location_Tribe _ Sex _Ofce of Issue _ Occupation _ Marital Status _Signature of Holder _Date _ Name of Issuing Ofcer _ Signature_ Date _ CAP20.

107 Registration of Persons [Rev.

2012 [Subsidiary] _ FOR OFFICE USE ONLY left thumbprint right thumbprint Fingerprint taken by _ Desg.

_ Date _F.P.

Classied by _ Desg.

_ Date _F.P.

Tested by _ Desg.

_ Date _F.P.

Filed by _ Desg.

_ Date _F.P.

Class Keyed by _ Desg.

_ Date _ FOURTH SCHEDULE ( rr.

5 (2), 8 (2), 9 (5)) L.N.

348 /1995.

REPUBLIC OF KENYA rEG.

103 (amended 1995) ORIGINAL THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ACT (Cap 107) _ appliCatiOn fOr registratiOn CertifiCate serial nO.

I hereby certify that the person whose particulars appear in column 1 hereunder has applied for Initial Registration/Duplicate Identity Card/Replacement of Particulars (delete where not applicable) COlumn i COlumn ii COlumn iii COlumn iv COlumn v Name (in Ofce at which Registration Fee paid Nature of full) application is ofce where (in gures) application made new identity KSh.

card to be Amount in Rolled Postal Date of issue of obtained words left thumb address this certicate impression of the holder Note.The holder of this certicate must report at the ofce specied in the third column above after expiry of sixty days from the date of issue of this certicate to surrender it in exchange for a new identity card (see rule 8 (3)).

_ Signature of Registration Ofcer This certicate is not an identity card and shall not be used for identication purposes under the provisions of the Act.

Rev.

2012] Registration of Persons CAP.

107 21 [Subsidiary] L.N.

348 /1995.

FIFTH SCHEDULE (r.

9 (1)) REG.

105 Postal Address _ Ref.

ID No.

_ Misc.

R.

No.

_ Date_ The Principal Registrar of Persons, National Registration Bureau, P.O.

Box 57007, NAIROBI.

Thro The District Registrar of Persons, _ Dear Sir, appliCatiOn fOr Change Of partiCulars in id/Card (This form will be issued against a non-refundable fee of KSh.

100) Name_ ID/No.

_I am writing to request you to effect the following changes in my registration records: From To (a) Name _ (b) Date of Birth _ (c) District _ (d) Division _ (e) Location _ (f) Sub-location _ (g) Residential Address _2.

(a) My reason(s) for the proposed change(s) is/are as follows: _ (b) In support of these reasons, I attach the following documents showing the places and the dates where and when they were obtained (to be numbered): (i) _ (ii) _ CAP22.

107 Registration of Persons [Rev.

2012 [Subsidiary] (iii) _ (iv) _ (v) _ Yours faithfully, (Rolled left thumbprint impression of the applicant) Signature _3.

husbands COnfirmatiOn I hereby conrm that _is my lawful wife and that I have no objection for the Principal Registrar of Persons to include my surname in my wifes national identity card.

Signature _ (and Rolled left thumb impression) Name _ ID/No.

_(if applicable).

_4.

reCOmmendatiOn Of the distriCt registrar Of persOns (After interviewing the applicant, examining the documents produced, and any other relevant information): _ Signed _ Name _ District Registrar of Persons Date _5.

prinCipal registrar Of persOns COmments Changes approved/not approved for the following reasons: _ Distribution Signed _ Original and Duplicate to the Principal Registrar.

Name_ Triplicate to the applicant.

Principal Registrar of Persons Quadruplicate to District Registrar.

Date _.

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