⚖ DPDP Act 2023 Reference

CHAPTER V: DATA PROTECTION BOARD OF INDIA

Section 26. Powers of Chairperson

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023). Verbatim text from the Gazette of India.

Section 26 in one line

Superintendence, authorising scrutiny, allocating proceedings to Members

Maintainers' summary, not statutory text. The verbatim section follows.

The Chairperson shall exercise the following powers, namely:—

(a) general superintendence and giving direction in respect of all administrative matters of the Board;

(b) authorise any officer of the Board to scrutinise any intimation, complaint, reference or correspondence addressed to the Board; and

(c) authorise performance of any of the functions of the Board and conduct any of its proceedings, by an individual Member or groups of Members and to allocate proceedings among them.

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