Legal Register
ACT-21 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 21: Disqualification/removal
Do not infer removal without process.
Regulated Actor: Central Government; Chairperson and Members
Gazette Baseline: Lines 622–637
Statutory Trigger
Disqualification/removal
Applies to: Central Government; Chairperson and Members
Substantive Conditions
Specified insolvency, conviction, incapacity, interests, abuse grounds; hearing before removal.
Statutory Exceptions
Conviction involves moral turpitude in Government opinion.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
21. (1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed and continued as the Disqualifications
Chairperson or a Member, if she— for
appointment
(a) has been adjudged as an insolvent; and
continuation
(b) has been convicted of an offence, which in the opinion of the Central as
Government, involves moral turpitude; Chairperson
and Members
(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Member; of Board.
(d) has acquired such financial or other interest, as is likely to affect prejudicially
her functions as a Member; or
(e) has so abused her position as to render her continuance in office prejudicial
to the public interest.
(2) The Chairperson or Member shall not be removed from her office by the Central
Government unless she has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.