Legal Register
ACT-25 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 25: Acting/purporting to act under Act
Quote retained statutory reference without silently updating its wording.
Regulated Actor: Chairperson, Members, officers/employees
Gazette Baseline: Lines 670–673
Statutory Trigger
Acting/purporting to act under Act
Applies to: Chairperson, Members, officers/employees
Substantive Conditions
Deemed public servants under cited law.
Statutory Exceptions
Classification provision, not a new general criminal offence.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
25. The Chairperson, Members, officers and employees of the Board shall be deemed, Members and
when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of provisions of this Act, to be public officers to be
public
45 of 1860. servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. servants.
Mapped Operational Controls (1)
Enterprise obligations in the Control Master Matrix grounded in this statutory provision.