as amended by
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 71 of 1956
Statistics Act, No. 73 of 1957
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 30 of 1960
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 61 of 1962
Bantu Laws Amendment Act, No. 42 of 1964
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 64 of 1967
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 106 of 1969
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, No. 26 of 1970
Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 29 of 1970
Population Registration and Identity Documents Amendment Act, No. 36 of 1973
10. (1) Every person whose name is included in the register and the guardian of every such person who has not attained the age of sixteen years, shall within fourteen days or, in a particular case, such longer period as the Secretary may allow, after any permanent change in the ordinary place of residence or postal address of that person or of his ward under the age of sixteen years, as the case may be, notify the Secretary in the prescribed manner of that change of residence or postal address.
(2) If any person to whom an identity document has been issued takes up permanent residence on any premises belonging to any other person the person who consented to such residence shall, within fourteen days after the taking up of such residence, furnish the Secretary with the prescribed particulars in respect of the first-mentioned person or after the expiry of fourteen days after the taking up of such residence, take the prescribed steps to ascertain whether the Secretary has in terms of subsection (1) been notified that such premises is the place of residence of the first-mentioned person.
(3) If any person taking such steps does not ascertain that the Secretary has been so notified, he shall within twenty-eight days after the taking up of such residence notify the Secretary in writing that the premises concerned is the place of residence of the person concerned and furnish in that notice the full name and identity number of such person.
(4) If two or more persons are in terms of subsection (2) or (3) required to take any steps and one of them has taken such steps, the other or others shall be deemed also to have taken such steps.
(5) The provisions of this section and any amendment thereof shall also apply in the territory of South-West Africa, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel.