(1) If the completed registration card of an elector is lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed such elector shall be required to register anew.
(2) If only one copy of the registration record card of any elector is lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed the Chief Registration Officer shall prepare a photostatic copy thereof from the remaining copy and that copy shall be deemed to replace the lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed copy.
(3) The Chief Registration Officer shall make and sign a certificate on the photostatic copy to the effect that it is a true and correct reproduction.