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)A person shall be disqualified for being appointed and continued as the Chairperson or a Member, if she—
- (a)has been adjudged as an insolvent;
- (b)has been convicted of an offence, which in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude;
- (c)has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Member;
- (d)has acquired such financial or other interest, as is likely to affect prejudicially her functions as a Member; or
- (e)has so abused her position as to render her continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest.
- (a)
- (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