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ACT-14 Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 14: Death or incapacity activates nomination
Keep subject identity distinct from representative; support reversible incapacity and multiple nominees.
Regulated Actor: Data Principal and nominated individual
Gazette Baseline: Lines 489–495
Statutory Trigger
Death or incapacity activates nomination
Applies to: Data Principal and nominated individual
Substantive Conditions
Nominee exercises principal rights; incapacity defined by inability due to unsound mind/infirmity of body.
Statutory Exceptions
Rule14(4), terms of service and applicable law govern implementation.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
Right to 14. (1) A Data Principal shall have the right to nominate, in such manner as may be
nominate. prescribed, any other individual, who shall, in the event of death or incapacity of the Data
Principal, exercise the rights of the Data Principal in accordance with the provisions of this
Act and the rules made thereunder.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the expression “incapacity” means inability to
exercise the rights of the Data Principal under the provisions of this Act or the rules made
thereunder due to unsoundness of mind or infirmity of body.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.