Act: The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Act No. 53 of 1972)
CHAPTER VIA – Forfeiture of Property Derived from Illegal Hunting and Trade
58V. Rectification of mistakes.
With a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from record, the competent authority or the Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be, may amend any order made by it within a period of one year from the date of the order:
Provided that if any such amendment is likely to affect any person prejudicially and the mistake is not of a clerical nature, it shall not be made without giving to such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
Amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 1991; the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002; and the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006.
