A Gazette notification has been issued on the maximum fee to be charged by a registered photographer pertaining to services related to the National Identity Card (NIC).
As per the Gazette, a maximum fee of Rs. 400 should be charged by a registered photographer concerning any digital photograph for an NIC or duplicate of an NIC.
“A maximum fee of four hundred rupees (LKR 400.00) should be charged by a registered photographer, with respect to uploading to the e-photo Studio Software System of the Department for Registration of Persons, the ICAO standard compliance digital image of a person who applies to obtain an identity card or duplicate of an identity card after registration, and thereafter for issuing the Photographic Reference Slip to the applicant,” the Gazette further states.
The Gazette has been issued by the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles under Section 36(2) of the Registration of Persons Act, No. 32 of 1968.
Gazette : http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2023/12/2363-03_E.pdf (NewsWire)