# Section 20 DPDP Act 2023: Salary, allowances payable to and

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**CHAPTER V: DATA PROTECTION BOARD OF INDIA.** The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023), section 20. Verbatim from the Gazette of India.

Summary (maintainers', not statutory text): **Two-year term**, re-appointable; terms not variable to disadvantage

## Section 20. Salary, allowances payable to and term of office

(1) The salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and other Members shall be
such as may be prescribed, and shall not be varied to their disadvantage after their appointment.

(2) The Chairperson and other Members shall hold office for a term of two years and shall be eligible for
re-appointment.