Regulations for the National-wide Replacement of National ID Cards Article 14

The national ID cards retrieved according to Paragraph 1 of Article 11 and invalidated according to Paragraph 1 or Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 2 of the preceding article shall be listed respectively and sent with an official letter by the household registration office to the municipal or county (city) competent authority for compilation and centralized destruction. Such cards shall be kept in a centralized depository by a specially assigned person before the destruction, and the status of the destruction shall be reported to the central competent authority for recordation.If New ID Cards produced by the outsourced card-making center in accordance with Article 16 have any one of the defects specified in Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 2 of the preceding article, the household registration office shall make a list and send them with an official letter to the card-making center for centralized destruction. The card-making center shall also report the destruction status to the central competent authority for recordation.