Legal Register
ACT-17(1)(c) Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 17(1)(c): Qualifying processing
No citizenship shortcut or broad reasonable-purpose ground; read common chapeau ACT-17.
Regulated Actor: Person processing for stated enforcement interest
Gazette Baseline: Lines 531–533
Statutory Trigger
Qualifying processing
Applies to: Person processing for stated enforcement interest
Substantive Conditions
Interest of prevention/detection/investigation/prosecution of offence OR contravention of Indian law.
Statutory Exceptions
Chapter II except s8(1),(5), Chapter III and s16 disapplied; s8(1),(5) remain.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(c) personal data is processed in the interest of prevention, detection,
investigation or prosecution of any offence or contravention of any law for the time
being in force in India;