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DPDP Act 2023 · Section 1

Short title and commencement

Status
Partly in force
Commencement
13 November 2025 · official
Source
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) · Gazette page 1
Last verified
17 August 2026

What section 1 says, in plain English

Plain English

Partly in force since 13 November 2025. The summary below is what the provision says, and only part of the provision is in force today. That status is a reading of notification G.S.R. 843(E), which does not name this provision in those words. Status last checked 28 September 2026 against the MeitY library and India Code.

This section names the law as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and lets the Central Government bring it into effect through Gazette notification, with different dates allowed for different provisions. A reference to commencement in any provision then means the date that particular provision takes effect.

Official text of section 1

Official requirement · verbatim

Section 1. Short title and commencement.(1) This Act may be called the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Commencement basis · Sections 1(2) and 2, sections 18 to 26, sections 35 and 38 to 43, and section 44(1) and (3) of the Act

“(a) the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette as the date on which the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1, section 2, sections 18 to 26 sections 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 44 of the said Act shall come into force;”

From commencement notification G.S.R. 843(E), Gazette issue No. 757, printed date 13 November 2025.

Sources cited on this page

  1. [1]
    The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 1, p. 1. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Partly in force since 13 November 2025
  2. [2]
    Commencement notification for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (G.S.R. 843(E)), (a), p. 2. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Document status: published; in effect per its own termsNotification G.S.R. 843(E) names sub-section (2) of section 1 in the group in force from the date of publication of the notification, printed as 13 November 2025 on Gazette issue No. 757. The notification does not name sub-section (1) of section 1 in any group.
    Also cited on this page · Interpretation, requires judgment · Verified 24 August 2026Treating the silence of the notification on the short title in section 1(1) as meaning that section 1 is only partially in force is a reading, not a statement of the notification. The notification itself uses the short title to name the Act.
  3. [3]
    Commencement notification for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (G.S.R. 843(E)), (a), p. 2. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Document status: published; in effect per its own terms
    the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette as the date on which the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1, section 2, sections 18 to 26 sections 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 44 of the said Act shall come into force
    The publication date, 13 November 2025, is printed on the masthead of Gazette issue No. 757 itself. The eGazette portal lists this document with an upload date of 14 November 2025; the printed Gazette date is treated as authoritative, consistent with the treatment of the Rules in Gazette issue No. 760. The words "sub- sections (1) and (3)" appear with a line break split in the Gazette text layer and have been joined in this quote.