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CHAPTER VI
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152. Delegation of powers ........................................................................................................................................... 154. Correction of clerical errors, etc. .........................................................................................................................
154B.
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED UNDER CUSTOMS ACT, 1962
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the First day of February, 1963, as the date on which the said Act shall come into force.
— In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause ( ) of sub-section (6) of section 6 and Clause ( ) of sub-section (7) of section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976), the Central Government hereby extends the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) to the designated areas in the Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic S.O. 429(E) dated 18th July, 1986, with effect from 15th day of January, 1987.
— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause ( ) of sub-section (6) of section 6, and clause ( ) of sub-section (7) of section 7, of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zone Act, 1976 (80 of 1976), the Central Government hereby further extends the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) to the designated areas in the Continental Shelf and External Affairs No. S.O. 643(E), dated the 19th September, 1996 with immediate effect.
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— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (34) of [Commissioner of Customs] and Central Excise, Hyderabad No. 3/CUS/77 [C. No. VIII/39/2/76-Cus. (T)/MP] dated 31-10-1977, the *[Commissioner] of Central Excise, Hyderabad, having been appointed as *[Commissioner of Customs] within the
to in the various sections of the Customs Act, 1962 given in the corresponding entry in Col. (2) of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE
(1) (2)
*[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] and Central Excise. 22(3)(b), 33, 59 (Proviso) and 73. (4.5)
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NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED UNDER CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 [ SECTION 2
Superintendent of Customs and Central Excise, Appraisers. 17, 18, 19, 21, 22(3)(a), 27(3), 28(1), 45(2)(a)(b), 46, 48, 54, 129(2), 142 and 149.
Inspector of Customs and Central Excise. 30(1)(a) and (3), 31(1) and (2), 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 50, 51, 62, 77, 79, 83, 144 and 145.
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints
:—
1.Commandant.
2.Deputy Commandant.
3.Assistant Commandant.
4.Adjutant.
5.Quarter Master.
6.Subedar (Coy. Commander).
7.Jamadar (Pl. Commander).
8.Head Constables.
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs], 3[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be], and Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], for the purposes of all warehouses situated in the Warehousing Station of Thana and Manpada.
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs], Calcutta to be the 5[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] and the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], Calcutta below :
(i) private warehouse of Messrs Hindustan Motors Ltd., Uttarpara, Distt. Hooghly;
(iii) private warehouse of Messrs National Tobacco Co. of India Ltd., Agarpara, P.O. Kamarhati, Distt.
4.8
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED UNDER CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 [ SECTION 4
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the * 1[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, be the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], for the purposes of all warehousIn exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs], Calcutta and the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], Calcutta to be the 2[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] and the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], respectively, for the purposes
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints all Superintendents of Central Excise, Class I, in the Central Excise Department, also to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy Commissioners of Customs], within their respective jurisdiction. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962, (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints thecharge the duties of *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy Commissioners of Customs], within the juris-
In exercise of the powers conferred Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue and Insurance) No. 80-Customs, dated the in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, in the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh and in 3[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be].
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the
1[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be], the *[Joint Commissioner of Customs], and the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], for Nathayyapalem Village in — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession
dated the 24th February, 1978, the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Additional Commissioner of Customs], Muzaffarpur also to be the *[Additional Commissioner of Customs] within the jurisdiction of the *[Commissioner of — In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the Appellate *[Commissioner] of Central Excise, Madras, to be the Appellate *[Commissioner of Customs], Madras, within his respective jurisdiction, for the purposes of hearing appeals in Gold Control cases under clause ( )(ii) of sub-section (1) of section 80 of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 (45 of 1968).
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs] (Preventive), Gujarat also to
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner] of Central Excise, Madras also to be the *[Commissioner of Customs], Tiruchirapalli. — In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section
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ISSUED UNDER CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 [ SECTION 4
4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the Director-General of the Central 1[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be], within his jurisdiction.
. — The jurisdiction of the Director-General shall extend to the whole of India.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Serial No. 1 of the Table below, to be the 3[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the No. 3 thereof to be the *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy Commissioners of Customs], within their jurisdiction : (1) (2) (3)
1. 4[All Additional Directors General] of the Headquarters in Delhi. 5[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be]. Whole of India.
2. 6[All Additional Directors/Joint Directors] of the Headquarters in Delhi. *[Joint Commissioners of Customs]. Whole of India.
3. 7[All Deputy Directors] of the Central Economic Delhi. *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy Commissioners of Customs]. Whole of India. — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs], Madras, also to be the *[Commissioner of Customs], Tiruchirapalli. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby Division, to be *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] for Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the *[Commissioner of Customs], Jawaharlal Nehru Port to be the 3[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be], and the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], Jawaharlal Nehru Port to be the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] for the the State of Maharashtra.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the Director, Directorate of Statistics and Intelligence, Customs and Central Excise, New Delhi, to be the *[Commissioner of Customs] (Appeals), who shall have jurisdiction in the North Zone Collectorates.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the Director (Publication) and Director (Audit), New Delhi, to be the *[Commissioner of Customs] (Appeals), who shall have jurisdiction in the North Zone Collectorates.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962, (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints, -
(1) Commissioner of Customs, Delhi to be the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai for adjudicating the cases;
(2) *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], Delhi to be the *[Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs], Chennai for investigating the cases and if required to issue show cause notices in such cases; of goods at Delhi and Chennai.
In exercise of the powers conferred Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 38/63-Customs, dated 1st February,
2. Superintendents, Inspectors, Women Searchers, Ministerial staff and Class IV staff of Central Excise Department, who are for the time being posted to a Customs port, Customs airport, Land-Customs station, Coastal port, Customs preventive post, Customs Intelligence post or a Customs warehouse.
4.12 NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED UNDER CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 [ SECTION 4
3. Superintendents, and Inspectors of Central Excise Department in any place in India. 1
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby appoints the 3[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be], Additional Commissioners of Customs, *[Joint Commissioners of Customs] and *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy Commissioners of Customs] of the Directorate of Valuation to be the Commissioners of Customs, Additional Commissioners of Customs, *[Joint Commissioners of Customs] and *[Assistant Commissioners of Customs or Deputy
— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Customs
Finance (Department of Revenue), number 47/97-Customs (N.T.), dated the 19th September, 1997 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number GSR. 559(E), dated the 19th September,
1. Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Mumbai;
2. Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Chennai;
3. Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Delhi; and
as Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), for the purposes of adjudicating the cases as assigned to them by the
In exercise of powers
the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 201/84-Customs, dated the 18th July, 1984 [G.S.R. 514(E), dated the 18th July, 1984] and No. 28/88-Customs (N.T.), dated the 12th May, 1988 [G.S.R. 565(E), dated the 12th May, 1988], except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the
4[(i) Additional Commissioner of Customs, Special Economic Zone, to be the Additional Commissioner of Customs;
(ii) Joint Commissioner of Customs, Special Economic Zone, to be the Joint Commissioner of Customs;
