Section 18 Establishment of Board
18.(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notificationDefined in section 2(r): notification means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expressions notify and notified shall be construed accordingly, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a BoardDefined in section 2(c): Board means the Data Protection Board of India established by the Central Government under section 18 to be called the DataDefined in section 2(h): data means a representation of information, facts, concepts, opinions or instructions in a manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing by human beings or by automated means Protection BoardDefined in section 2(c): Board means the Data Protection Board of India established by the Central Government under section 18 of India.
(2) The BoardDefined in section 2(c): Board means the Data Protection Board of India established by the Central Government under section 18 shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
(3) The headquarters of the BoardDefined in section 2(c): Board means the Data Protection Board of India established by the Central Government under section 18 shall be at such place as the Central Government may notify.