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ACT-23 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 23: Meetings/proceedings; Chairperson inability
Read r19 for meeting chair and inquiry timing; do not conflate with appointments.
Regulated Actor: Board; Chairperson and Members
Gazette Baseline: Lines 653–664
Statutory Trigger
Meetings/proceedings; Chairperson inability
Applies to: Board; Chairperson and Members
Substantive Conditions
Prescribed meeting/authentication procedure; senior-most Member acts during inability.
Statutory Exceptions
Listed defects do not invalidate merely by their existence.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
23. (1) The Board shall observe such procedure in regard to the holding of and Proceedings
transaction of business at its meetings, including by digital means, and authenticate its of Board.
orders, directions and instruments in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of—
(a) any vacancy in or any defect in the constitution of the Board;
(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as the Chairperson or other
Member of the Board; or
(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board, which does not affect the
merits of the case.
(3) When the Chairperson is unable to discharge her functions owing to absence,
illness or any other cause, the senior-most Member shall discharge the functions of the
Chairperson until the date on which the Chairperson resumes her duties.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.