# Section 1 DPDP Act 2023: Short title and commencement

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**CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY.** The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023), section 1. Verbatim from the Gazette of India.

Summary (maintainers', not statutory text): Staggered commencement permitted; different dates for different provisions

## 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.

> **Practitioner note:** Section 1(2) is why "is DPDP in force?" is a real question and not a
> formality. The Act permits section-by-section commencement. Always check current commencement
> notifications before asserting that any obligation is live.