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DPDP Rules, 2025

Rule 20Functioning of Board as digital office

The text of Rule 20 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3(i).

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Rule 20 as published in the Gazette of India

The Board shall function as a digital office, without prejudice to its power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine her on oath, may adopt techno-legal measures to conduct proceedings in a manner that does not require physical presence of any individual.

Source. Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 846(E), notified 13 November 2025), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3(i). Reproduced verbatim. This page is a reference, not legal advice, and no advisor–client relationship arises from reading it.

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