The Authority or the Appellate Authority 1[or the National Appellate Authority] may amend any order passed by it under section 98 or section 1012[or section 101C, respectively], so as to rectify any error apparent on the face of the record, if such error is noticed by the Authority or the Appellate Authority on its own accord, or is brought to its notice by the concerned officer, the jurisdictional officer, the applicant 3[, appellant, the Authority or the Appellate Authority] within a period of six months from the date of the order:
Provided that no rectification which has the effect of enhancing the tax liability or reducing the amount of admissible input tax credit shall be made unless the applicant or the appellant has been given an opportunity of being heard.
1 Inserted vide The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019,NOT EFFECTIVE TILL DATE
2 Inserted vide The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019,NOT EFFECTIVE TILL DATE
3 Substituted vide The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019,NOT EFFECTIVE TILL DATE, earlier read as ‘or the appellant’
