14.
—(1) When a work permit has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the foreign worker or the employer or the self-employed person, as the case may be, shall report to the Controller within 14 days of such loss, destruction or defacement, and the Controller shall issue a duplicate work permit on payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) Where the foreign worker or the employer or the self-employed person, as the case may be, recovers possession of the work permit after notifying the loss of the work permit, the foreign worker or the employer or the self-employed person, as the case may be —
(a)
may retain the work permit if no duplicate work permit has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1); or
(b)
shall forthwith return the work permit so recovered for cancellation if a duplicate work permit has been issued by the Controller under subsection (1).
(3) A person who finds or comes into possession of a work permit other than his own shall forthwith deliver it to the Controller.