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Chapter V · Data Protection Board of India

Section 26. Powers of Chairperson

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.

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.