9.—(1) Where a licence has been lost or defaced before its expiry, the licensee may apply to the Director for the issue of a duplicate licence.
(2) Upon receiving an application under paragraph (1) and the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule the Director shall issue a duplicate licence to the licensee and the duplicate licence so issued shall have the same effect as the original thereof.
(3) Any licensee to whom a duplicate licence has been issued in replacement of a licence which he has lost shall, upon discovering the original licence, forthwith return the duplicate licence to the Director.
(4) No duplicate licence shall be issued in place of a defaced licence unless the defaced licence is surrendered to the Director for cancellation.
(5) No refund shall be made for the fee paid —
(a)
for a duplicate licence upon its return to the Director under paragraph (3); or
(b)
for a licence surrendered to the Director under paragraph (4).