DPDP Act 2023 · s. 18 · Ch. VIn force · 13 Nov 2025
Establishment of Board
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 13 Nov 2025G.S.R. 843(E)
- Penalty
- No separate penalty
- Binds
- No direct duty on companies
In plain English
The Central Government establishes the Data Protection Board of India, a body corporate with its head office where the Government notifies. G.S.R. 844(E) of 13 Nov 2025 established it.
Gazette text · s. 18With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be called the Data Protection Board of India.
- (1)With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be called the Data Protection Board of India.
- (2)The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
- (3)The headquarters of the Board shall be at such place as the Central Government may notify.
Source: Gazette of India, Act No. 22 of 2023, 11 Aug 2023 (MeitY copy)
Sources: Gazette of India, Act No. 22 of 2023, 11 Aug 2023 (MeitY copy); DPDP Act 2023, s. 18; G.S.R. 844(E), 13 Nov 2025 · Change log