Legal Register
ACT-22 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 22: Resignation, vacancy, cessation
Vacancy and effective resignation are separate events.
Regulated Actor: Chairperson, Members; Central Government
Gazette Baseline: Lines 638–652
Statutory Trigger
Resignation, vacancy, cessation
Applies to: Chairperson, Members; Central Government
Substantive Conditions
Effective at earliest listed event; fresh appointment; one-year employment restriction/approval and later fiduciary-employment disclosure.
Statutory Exceptions
Prior Government approval exception.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
22. (1) The Chairperson or any other Member may give notice in writing to the Central Resignation
Government of resigning from her office, and such resignation shall be effective from the by Members
and filling of
date on which the Central Government permits her to relinquish office, or upon expiry of a vacancy.
period of three months from the date of receipt of such notice, or upon a duly appointed
successor entering upon her office, or upon the expiry of the term of her office, whichever
is earliest.
(2) A vacancy caused by the resignation or removal or death of the Chairperson or
any other Member, or otherwise, shall be filled by fresh appointment in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
(3) The Chairperson and any other Member shall not, for a period of one year from the
date on which they cease to hold such office, except with the previous approval of the
Central Government, accept any employment, and shall also disclose to the Central
Government any subsequent acceptance of employment with any Data Fiduciary against
whom proceedings were initiated by or before such Chairperson or other Member.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.