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Chapter IX · Miscellaneous

Section 44. Amendments to certain Acts

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) In section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, in clause (c), for sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

“(i) the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000;

(ii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008; and

(iii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.”.

(2) The Information Technology Act, 2000 shall be amended in the following manner, namely:—

(a) section 43A shall be omitted;

(b) in section 81, in the proviso, after the words and figures “the Patents Act, 1970”, the words and figures “or the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023” shall be inserted; and

(c) in section 87, in sub-section (2), clause (ob) shall be omitted.

(3) In section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in sub-section (1), for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(j) information which relates to personal information;”.