Chapter 5 · Data Protection Board of India
Section 26 - Powers of Chairperson
Management and administrative powersThis gives the Chairperson the levers to run the Board: general superintendence and direction over all administrative matters, authority to have officers scrutinise complaints and correspondence, and the power to allocate the Board's proceedings among individual Members or groups of Members.
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This gives the Chairperson the levers to run the Board: general superintendence and direction over all administrative matters, authority to have officers scrutinise complaints and correspondence, and the power to allocate the Board's proceedings among individual Members or groups of Members.
Key points
- General superintendence and direction over the Board's administration.
- Can authorise officers to scrutinise complaints and correspondence.
- Can allocate proceedings among Members or groups of Members.
Official section text
Section 26. Powers of Chairperson.
The Chairperson shall exercise the following powers, namely: -
general superintendence and giving direction in respect of all administrative matters of the Board;
authorise any officer of the Board to scrutinise any intimation, complaint, reference or correspondence addressed to the Board; and
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.