Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022
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55. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the
provisions of this Act or the rules, regulations, or Orders
made under this Act, the Minister may by Order published
in the Gazette, make such provision not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act, or any other written law, as appears
to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for removing
the difficulty:
Removal of
difficulties
Provided that, no such Order shall be made after the expiry
of a period of five years from the date of coming into operation
of this Act.
(2) Every Order made under this section shall, within three
months after it is made, be laid before Parliament.
PART X
INTERPRETATION
56.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–
“anonymise” in relation to personal data means
permanent removal of any personal identifiers
from personal data to render any such personal
data from being related to a identified or
identifiable natural person;
“automated processing” means, processing that
does not involve any manual processing;
“biometric data” means, personal data resulting
from specific technical processing relating
to the physical, physiological or behavioral
characteristics of a natural person, which
allow or confirm the unique identification of
that natural person, including facial images,
dactyloscopic data or iris related data;
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