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