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DPDP Act, 2023 · Chapter I

Section 1Short title and commencement

The text of Section 1 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 1, under the chapter on preliminary.

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Section 1 as published in the Gazette of India

(1) This Act may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Source. Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023, assented 11 August 2023), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 1. Reproduced verbatim. This page is a reference, not legal advice, and no advisor–client relationship arises from reading it.

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The authoritative text is the one published in the Gazette of India.