The registration granted to a person is liable to be cancelled, if the said person,-
(a) does not conduct any business from the declared place of business; or 2[(b) issues invoice or bill without supply of goods or services 3[or both] in violation of the provisions of the Act, or the rules made thereunder; or
(c) violates the provisions of section 171 of the Act or the rules made thereunder.]
4[(d) violates the provision of rule 10A.]
5[(e) avails input tax credit in violation of the provisions of section 16 of the Act or the rules made thereunder; or 1 The proviso was deleted by Notification No. GST-1018/C.R.14/Taxation-1, (Notification No. 3/2018, First Amendment- 2018), dated 24t January 2018, (w. e. f. 24th January 2018). Prior to deletion this proviso read as: “Provided that no application for the cancellation of registration shall be considered in case of a taxable person, who has registered voluntarily, before the expiry of a period of one year from the effective date of registration.” 2 Clause (b) was substituted and clause (c) was added by Notification No. MGST-1017/C.R. 100(1)/Taxation-1 (First Amendment-2017), dated 29 June 2017 (w.e f. 2274 June 2017). Prior to substitution this clause read as under- “(b) issues invoice or bill without supply of goods or services in violation of the provisions of this Act, or the rules made thereunder.” 3 These words were inserted by Notification No. GST-1020/C.R.120/Taxation-1 (Notification No. 94/2020- Fourteenth Amendment-2020) dated 4% January 2021 (w.e.f.22.12.2020).
4 These clauses were inserted by Notification No. GST-1019/C.R.71/ Taxation-1 (Fourth Amendment-2019, Notification No.31/2019), dated 28t June 2019 (w. e.f. 28 June 2019).
5 These clauses were inserted by Notification No. GST-1020/C.R.120/Taxation-1 (Notification No. 94/2020- Fourteenth Amendment-2020) dated 4t January 2021 (w.e.f.22.12.2020).
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(f) furnishes the details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 ![as amended in FORM GSTR-1A if any] under section 37 for one or more tax periods which is in excess of the outward supplies declared by him in his valid return under section 39 for the said tax periods; or
(g) violates the provision of rule 86B.]
2[(ga) violates the provisions of third or fourth proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 23;
or”.]
3 [(h) being a registered person required to file return under sub-section (1) of section 39 for each month or part thereof, has not furnished returns for a continuous period of six months;
(i) being a registered person required to file return under proviso to subsection (1) of section 39 for each quarter or part thereof, has not furnished returns for a continuous period of two tax periods.]