The Lebanese identity card (Arabic: Tazkarat Al Hawiya; French: carte d'identité) is a compulsory identity document issued in Lebanon. The document is issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of Interior and is the main form of identification on the territory of the Republic of Lebanon. All Lebanese are obliged by law to carry their identity cards with them at all times and are subject to fines should they not. As of June 30th 2006, all Lebanese nationals must hold the new magnetic Identification Card (ID). [1]
Physical appearance and data storage
The card is credit-card sized and contains a 2.86 megabyte optical stripe and a contact chip to store data, as well as finger prints and a facial image. All fields of the card are in Arabic and French. Even though non-religion is not recognized by the state, in 2009, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud made it possible to remove your sect from the Lebanese identity cards, but this does not deny the religious authorities complete control over civil family issues inside the country. [2][3]
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1 Officially the Republic of China, partially unrecognised.
2 Kosovo's declaration of Independence is not universally recognised and Serbia holds that Kosovo is an integral part of its territory.
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