Section 27, The Road Traffic Act, 2007

(1) Where it appears to the Licensing Authority that alicence granted by it to any person was granted with a mistake or an omission in the particulars specified in the licence or particulars required to be endorsed on it, the Licensing Authority may serve notice in writing on that person requiring the surrender of the licence to the Licensing Authority and that person shall comply with the requirement. (2) Where the name or address of the licence holder as specified in a licence ceases to be correct, its holder shall immediately surrender the licence to the Licensing Authority and provide it with particulars of the alterations to be made in the name or address. (3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement or a duty under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary (4) On the surrender of a licence under subsection (1), the Licensing Authority- (a) shall, except where the licence is surrendered in pursuance of this section in consequence of an error or omission which appears to the Licensing Authority to be attributable to that person’s fault or in consequence of a current disqualification; or (c) may in such an excepted case which does not involve a current disqualification, grant to that person free of charge a new licence expiring on the date on which the surrendered licence would have expired had it not been surrendered.