Duplicate certificate or licence
25.—(1)  If a certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence has been lost, destroyed or defaced or becomes obliterated so that any particulars in such certificate or licence is illegible, the holder thereof shall forthwith notify the Registrar.
(2)  Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Registrar shall, on payment of the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule and if satisfied that a certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence, as the case may be, has been lost, destroyed or defaced or become obliterated, issue a duplicate of such certificate or licence, as the case may be, to the holder of the original thereof, and the duplicate certificate or licence shall have the same effect as the original.
[S 761/2005 wef 01/12/2005]
[S 565/2017 wef 06/10/2017]
(3)  In the case of a certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence that has been defaced or become obliterated, no duplicate of such certificate or licence shall be issued unless the original certificate or licence is returned to the Registrar.
(4)  In the case of a certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence that has been lost or destroyed, no duplicate of such certificate or licence shall be issued unless the holder thereof makes a statutory declaration of the loss or destruction and furnishes it to the Registrar.
(5)  Where any original certificate of registration, practising certificate or licence is found after any duplicate thereof is issued under this rule, the holder of the certificate or licence shall immediately return the duplicate certificate or licence to the Registrar for cancellation.