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(b)
for the requirements which are imposed on a controller
or processor when processing personal data;
(c)
for the contents which a notice or registration by a
controller or processor should contain;
(d)
for the information to be provided to a data subject and
how such information shall be provided;
(e)
for the levying of fees and taking of charges;
(f)
for the issuing and approval of Codes of Practice and
Guidelines; or
(g)
that any person who contravenes them shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding 100, 000 rupees and to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 5 years.
56. Repeal
The Data Protection Act is repealed.
57.
Transitional provisions
(1)
In this section –
“repealed Act” means the Data Protection Act.
(2) All assets and funds of the Data Protection Office under the
repealed Act shall, at the commencement of this Act, remain vested in the
Office.
(3) All rights, obligations and liabilities subsisting in favour of
or against the Data Protection Office under the repealed Act shall, at the
commencement of this Act, continue to exist under the same terms and
conditions in favour of or against the Office.
(4) The contents of the register of controllers and processors
kept under the repealed Act shall, at the commencement of this Act, be
transferred to the register kept under this Act.
(5) Any registration granted under the repealed Act, which is
valid at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been
granted under this Act.