Section 18: Registration and issuance of Multi-purpose Identity Cards.

(1)
Every registrable person who, at the commencement of this Act has attained the age of sixteen years, shall within sixty days thereof or such longer period as the Commission may by order specify, attend before the Commission or at such other place designated by the Commission, for the purpose of being registered and shall-
(a) provide any particulars specified in that regard by the Commission;
(b) permit his fingerprints and other biometric information about himself to be taken and recorded for the purpose of registration in the Database under this Act;
(c) allow a photograph of his head and shoulders to be taken; and
(d) otherwise provide such information as may be required by the Commission.
(2) Any person having charge of any persons to whom this subsection applies shall cause such persons to be brought before the Commission or at such other place designated by the Commission, for registration and the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the registration of such persons. The persons to whom this subsection applies are-
(a) any person born after the commencement of this Act, who shall be registered within sixty days of their birth, or within such other period, not exceeding 180 days, as the Commission may by regulation specify; and
(b) any person who, at the commencement of this Act, was less than sixteen years.
(3) The Commission may require any person giving any information under subsections (1) and (2) of this section to furnish documentary proof or other evidence of the truth of such information as is within the power of such person to furnish.
(4) An entry in the Database consisting of the information recorded about a registered person shall be given a unique number which shall be such person's identity number and such number shall comply with the prescribed requirements.
(5) Upon the registration of a person under this Act, the Commission shall issue to the registered individual a Multi-purpose Identity Card with an identity number.