Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record permits correcting obvious mistakes, subject to time limits and natural justice. Any authority that issued a decision, order, notice, certificate or other document may rectify an error apparent on the face of the record, on its own motion or when brought to its notice by an officer or the affected person within three months of issue. No rectification shall be made after six months from issue, except for purely clerical or arithmetical corrections arising from accidental slips or omissions. Where rectification adversely affects a person, the authority must follow the principles of natural justice.
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Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record permits correcting obvious mistakes, subject to time limits and natural justice.
Any authority that issued a decision, order, notice, certificate or other document may rectify an error apparent on the face of the record, on its own motion or when brought to its notice by an officer or the affected person within three months of issue. No rectification shall be made after six months from issue, except for purely clerical or arithmetical corrections arising from accidental slips or omissions. Where rectification adversely affects a person, the authority must follow the principles of natural justice.
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