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| (1) The holder of an identity card shall, on a request made by the Commissioner or any other prescribed officer, produce that card at such time and place as shall be specified in such request, and permit it to be inspected: |
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| (2) If in any prosecution against any person for an offence under this Act by reason of a contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), there is produced a certificate issued by the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner, or a police officer of a rank not below that of Assistant Superintendent or any such public officer as may be notified for such purpose by the Minister from time to time in the Gazette, to the effect that he is satisfied that such person is the holder of an identity card, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved by such person, that such person is the holder of such card. |
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