(1) Where there is any change in any of the particulars furnished in the application for registration in FORM GST REG-01 or FORM GST REG-07 or FORM GST REG-09 or FORM GST REG- 1 This sub-rule was inserted by Notification No. MGST.1018 /C.R.05 / Taxation-1, (Notification No. 75/2017, Fourteenth Amendment-2017), dated 30% December, 2017. (w.e.f. 20% December 2017).
2 These words were inserted by Notification No. MGST-1017/C.R.138/Taxation-1, (Notification No. 22/2017, Fifth Amendment-2017), dated 17 August, 2017. (w .e. f. 2224 June 2017).
39 10 1[or in the intimation furnished by the composition taxpayer in FORM GST CMP-02] or for Unique Identity Number in FORM GST-REG-13, either at the time of obtaining registration or Unique Identity Number or as amended from time to time, the registered person shall, within a period of fifteen days of such change, submit an application, duly signed or verified through electronic verification code, electronically in FORM GST REG-14, along with the documents relating to such change at the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner:
Provided that — (@) where the change relates to,-
(i) legal name of business;
(ii) address of the principal place of business or any additional place(s) of business; or
(iii) addition, deletion or retirement of partners or directors, Karta, Managing Committee, Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer or equivalent, responsible for the day to day affairs of the business, - which does not warrant cancellation of registration under section 29, the proper officer shall, after due verification, approve the amendment within a period of fifteen working days from the date of the receipt of the application in FORM GST REG-14 and issue an order in FORM GST REG-15 electronically and such amendment shall take effect from the date of the occurrence of the event warranting such amendment;
! These words, letters and figures were inserted by Notification No. MGST-1025/C.R.-12/Taxation, (Notification No.
07/2025, Amendment-2025), dated 25th February, 2025, 40
(b) the change relating to sub-clause (i) and sub-clause (iii) of clause (a) in any State or Union territory shall be applicable for all registrations of the registered person obtained under the provisions of this Chapter on the same Permanent Account Number;
(c) where the change relates to any particulars other than those specified in clause (a), the certificate of registration shall stand amended upon submission of the application in FORM GST REG- 14 on the common portal;
(d) where a change in the constitution of any business results in the change of the Permanent Account Number of a registered person, the said person shall apply for fresh registration in FORM GST REG-01:
Provided further that any change in the mobile number or e-mail address of the authorised signatory submitted under this rule, as amended from time to time, shall be carried out only after online verification through the common portal in the manner provided under I[sub-rule (2) of rule 8.]
2[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), any particular of the application for registration shall not stand amended with effect from a date earlier than the date of submission of the application in FORM GST REG-14 on the common portal except with the order of the Commissioner for reasons to be recorded in writing and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may, in the said order, specify.]
(2) Where the proper officer is of the opinion that the amendment sought under sub-rule (I) is either not warranted or the documents furnished 1 These words, brackets and figures were substituted for the words “the said rule” by Notification No. MGST-1017/C.R.
100(1)/Taxation-1 (First Amendment-2017), dated 29t June 2017,( w. e. f. 2274 June 2017).
2 This sub-rule was inserted by Notification No. MGST.1018 /C.R.05 /Taxation-1, (Notification No. 75/2017, Fourteenth Amendment-2017), dated 30% December, 2017, (w.e.f.29% December 2017).
41 therewith are incomplete or incorrect, he may, within a period of fifteen working days from the date of the receipt of the application in FORM GST REG-14, serve a notice in FORM GST REG-03, requiring the registered person to show cause, within a period of seven working days of the service of the said notice, as to why the application submitted under sub-rule (1) shall not be rejected.
(3) The registered person shall furnish a reply to the notice to show cause, issued under sub-rule (2), in FORM GST REG-04, within a period of seven working days from the date of the service of the said notice.
(49) Where the reply furnished under sub-rule (3) is found to be not satisfactory or where no reply is furnished in response to the notice issued under sub-rule (2) within the period prescribed in sub-rule (3), the proper officer shall reject the application submitted under sub-rule (1) and pass an order in FORM GST REG -05.
(5) If the proper officer fails to take any action, - (@) within a period of fifteen working days from the date of submission of the application, or
(b) within a period of seven working days from the date of the receipt of the reply to the notice to show cause under sub-rule (3), the certificate of registration shall stand amended to the extent applied for and the amended certificate shall be made available to the registered person on the common portal.