23. Where a permit issued under the Act has been lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may request from the Minister a certified true copy of the permit and shall, in so requesting,

• (a) submit a statutory declaration stating whether the permit has been lost or destroyed and an explanation of the loss or destruction; and

• (b) in the case of a permit that has been lost, submit an undertaking to return to the Minister, without delay, the original permit, if it is found.