Section 44 of The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 View Chapter 9

Amendments to certain Acts.


   (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;”.