Section 21: Contents of the Multi-purpose Identity Cards.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a Multi-purpose Identity Card issued to a registered person by the Commission shall-
(a) record such part of the registered information entered in the Database with respect to that registered individual as the Commission may, by regulations, prescribe; and
(b) carry data enabling the card to be used for facilitating the making of applications for registered information recorded in a prescribed part of the entry of a registered person in the Database or for otherwise facilitating the provision of that information to a person entitled to be provided with it.
(2) A Multi-purpose Identity Card issued to any registered person shall-
(a) record only the prescribed information or data;
(b) record the prescribed part of it in an encrypted form;
(c) be only for the prescribed period; and
(d) remain the property of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.