# Section 31 DPDP Act 2023: Alternate dispute resolution

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**CHAPTER VII: APPEAL AND ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.** The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Act 22 of 2023), section 31. Verbatim from the Gazette of India.

Summary (maintainers', not statutory text): Board may direct mediation

## Section 31. Alternate dispute resolution

If the Board is of the opinion that any complaint may be resolved by mediation, it may direct the parties concerned to
attempt resolution of the dispute through such mediation by such mediator as the parties may mutually agree upon, or as
provided for under any law for the time being in force in India.