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DPDP Act 2023 · Section 43

Power to remove difficulties

Status
In force
Commencement
13 November 2025 · official
Source
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) · Gazette page 19
Last verified
17 August 2026

What section 43 says, in plain English

Plain English

In force since 13 November 2025. Status last checked 15 October 2026 against the MeitY library and India Code.

If difficulties arise in giving effect to this Act, the Central Government may issue an order in the Official Gazette making provisions, not inconsistent with the Act, to remove them. No such order may be made after the expiry of 3 years from the date of commencement of this Act, and every such order must be laid before each House of Parliament. Section 1(2) construes a reference in a provision to the commencement of this Act as the coming into force of that provision, and G.S.R. 843(E), clause (a), brought section 43 into force on its publication in the Gazette, printed 13 November 2025. On that reading this site computes the last day for an order as 13 November 2028, an interpretation until officially confirmed; reading commencement as the last group of provisions to commence would give a later date, and no official statement confirms either reading. The Central Government used the power for the Digital Personal Data Protection (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026, S.O. 5458(E), which substitutes words in sections 9(1) and 10(2)(c)(ii).

Official text of section 43

Official requirement · verbatim

Section 43. Power to remove difficulties.(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty. (2) No order as referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made after the expiry of three years from the date of commencement of this Act. (3) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.

Commencement basis · Sections 1(2) and 2, sections 18 to 26, sections 35 and 38 to 43, and section 44(1) and (3) of the Act

“(a) the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette as the date on which the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1, section 2, sections 18 to 26 sections 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 44 of the said Act shall come into force;”

From commencement notification G.S.R. 843(E), Gazette issue No. 757, printed date 13 November 2025.

Sources cited on this page

  1. [1]
    The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (Gazette print hosted by MeitY) (Act No. 22 of 2023), s. 43, p. 19. Published 11 August 2023. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026In force since 13 November 2025Section 43 appears in full on Gazette page 19.
  2. [2]
    Commencement notification for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (G.S.R. 843(E)), (a), p. 2. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Document status: published; in effect per its own termsNotification G.S.R. 843(E) names this section in the group in force from the date of publication of the notification, printed as 13 November 2025 on Gazette issue No. 757.
  3. [3]
    Digital Personal Data Protection (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026 (S.O. 5458(E)), p. 3. Published 6 October 2026. Official source ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 9 October 2026Document status: published; in force from the date of its publication in the Official GazetteS.O. 5458(E), the Digital Personal Data Protection (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026, recites that it is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 43.
  4. [4]
    Commencement notification for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (G.S.R. 843(E)), (a), p. 2. Published 13 November 2025. Official source ↗ Also on MeitY (byte identical) ↗ · Official requirement · Verified 17 August 2026Document status: published; in effect per its own terms
    the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette as the date on which the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1, section 2, sections 18 to 26 sections 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 44 of the said Act shall come into force
    The publication date, 13 November 2025, is printed on the masthead of Gazette issue No. 757 itself. The eGazette portal lists this document with an upload date of 14 November 2025; the printed Gazette date is treated as authoritative, consistent with the treatment of the Rules in Gazette issue No. 760. The words "sub- sections (1) and (3)" appear with a line break split in the Gazette text layer and have been joined in this quote.