Commencement Notice

L.N. 150 of 2003

DATA PROTECTION ACT

(ACT NO. XXVI of 2001)

Commencement Notice

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 1 (2) of the Data

Protection Act, 2001, hereinafter called “the Act”, the Minister for

Information Technology and Investment has established the 15th July,

2003, as the date on which articles 3 to 28 (both inclusive) of the said

Act, shall come into force>–

Provided that the provisions of articles 7 to 9 and 12 to 17, shall

apply as follows>

(a) from the 15th April, 2004 onwards, where automated

processing operations of personal data have already been initiated

on the 15th July, 2003<

(b) from the 24th October, 2007 onwards, where processing

operations of personal data held in manual filing systems have

already been initiated on the 15th July, 2003.

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