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Chapter V · Data Protection Board of India

Section 21. Disqualifications for appointment and continuation as Chairperson and Members of Board

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (No. 22 of 2023) · assented 11th August, 2023 · reproduced verbatim from the Act as published by MeitY (PDF). Last checked against that publication on 9 August 2026.

(1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed and continued as the Chairperson or a Member, if she—

(a) has been adjudged as an insolvent;

(b) has been convicted of an offence, which in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude;

(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Member;

(d) has acquired such financial or other interest, as is likely to affect prejudicially her functions as a Member; or

(e) has so abused her position as to render her continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest.

(2) The Chairperson or Member shall not be removed from her office by the Central Government unless she has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.