Legal Register
ACT-18 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 18: Notified establishment
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Statutory Trigger
Notified establishment
Applies to: Central Government; Board
Substantive Conditions
Corporate body; notified headquarters.
Statutory Exceptions
Institutional establishment does not commence all substantive powers.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
Establishment 18. (1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification,
of Board. 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.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.