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DPDP Act 2023 · Section 44

Amendments to certain Acts

Status
Partially in force
Commencement
13 November 2025 · official
Source
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) · Gazette page 19
Last verified
17 August 2026
Official requirement · verbatim

Section 44. Amendments to certain Acts.(1) In section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, in clause (c), for sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:— “(i) the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000; (ii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008; and (iii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.”. (2) The Information Technology Act, 2000 shall be amended in the following manner, namely:— (a) section 43A shall be omitted; (b) in section 81, in the proviso, after the words and figures “the Patents Act, 1970”, the words and figures “or the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023” shall be inserted; and (c) in section 87, in sub-section (2), clause (ob) shall be omitted. (3) In section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in sub-section (1), for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(j) information which relates to personal information;”.

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. 44, p. 19. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Section 44 begins on Gazette page 19 and concludes on page 20. Margin act references printed beside the section (24 of 1997 on page 19; 21 of 2000, 27 of 2008, 21 of 2000, 39 of 1970 and 22 of 2005 on page 20) are not part of the section text and are excluded from text_verbatim.
  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 ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Notification G.S.R. 843(E) names sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 44 in the group in force from the date of publication of the notification, printed as 13 November 2025 on Gazette issue No. 757, while section 44(2) is in the group due eighteen months from publication under paragraph (c) (computed 13 May 2027, interpretation until confirmed).
  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 ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026The 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.