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Section 1

Short title and commencement

Names the Act and lets the Central Government bring different provisions into force on different dates.

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What it says

(1)
The Act is called the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(2)
It comes into force on the date the Central Government appoints by notification, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions.

In practice

The staggered commencement in sub-section (2) is why the Act and the Rules do not switch on together, and why a compliance date has to be read off the Rules rather than assumed from the Act’s 2023 assent.

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Rule 1Short title and commencementNames the Rules and staggers them across three commencement dates rather than switching them on together.s.40Power to make rulesThe enabling section under which the DPDP Rules 2025 were made, and the list of matters that may be prescribed.

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