Section 1Preliminary
Short title and commencement
Official statutory text · Gazette of India
This Act may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Plain-language explanation
- The Act was passed and notified in the Gazette in August 2023, but it does not switch on all at once.
- The Central Government brings individual sections into force through separate notifications — which is why some provisions (like the Data Protection Board) activated on a different timeline than the core obligations.
Reconstructed for readability from the publicly notified DPDP Act, 2023. Always verify exact wording against the official Gazette of India before relying on this for legal or compliance decisions.