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DPDP Act, 2023 · Chapter V

Section 18Establishment of Board

The text of Section 18 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 1, under the chapter on data protection board of india.

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Section 18 as published in the Gazette 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. 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.