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DPDP Act 2023 · s. 21 · Ch. VIn force · 13 Nov 2025

Disqualifications for appointment and continuation as Chairperson and Members 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

Who cannot be appointed or continue: an insolvent, a person convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, a person of unsound mind, someone removed from Government service, or someone with a financial or other interest likely to affect their functions.

Gazette text · s. 21A person shall be disqualified for being appointed and continued as the Chairperson or a Member, if she—
  1. (1)
    A person shall be disqualified for being appointed and continued as the Chairperson or a Member, if she—
    1. (a)
      has been adjudged as an insolvent;
    2. (b)
      has been convicted of an offence, which in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude;
    3. (c)
      has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Member;
    4. (d)
      has acquired such financial or other interest, as is likely to affect prejudicially her functions as a Member; or
    5. (e)
      has so abused her position as to render her continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest.
  2. (2)
    The Chairperson or Member shall not be removed from her office by the Central Government unless she has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.

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. 21 · Change log