Section 31Part 6 — OFFENCES
Offences relating to the Cayman Islands Identification Card
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A person shall not, without reasonable cause, take or keep possession of a Cayman Islands Identification Card —
which is counterfeit or which the person knows to be forged;
which that person knows has been improperly obtained; or
that belongs to another individual.
A person who —
wilfully destroys or attempts to destroy a Cayman Islands Identification Card;
mutilates or attempts to mutilate a Cayman Islands Identification Card;
without lawful authority deprives a holder of that holder's Cayman Islands Identification Card;
uses a Cayman Islands Identification Card other than the Cayman Islands Identification Card issued for that individual's use;
takes or keeps possession of —
a Cayman Islands Identification Card in respect of which an alteration or erasure has been made; or
a Cayman Islands Identification Card that was improperly obtained;
is in possession of more than one Cayman Islands Identification Card that is intended to show the individual's identity; or
permits or causes another person to use a Cayman Islands Identification Card issued to another individual,
commits an offence.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years, or to both.
For the purposes of this section, a Cayman Islands Identification Card is improperly obtained if false information was provided in relation to —
an application for its issue, replacement or renewal; or
an application for its modification.