Powers of Customs Authorities

I. Appointment of customs ports, airport, etc.

The Board may appoint the following by notification in the Official Gazette,
1. Customs ports and customs airports: The ports and airports which alone shall be
customs ports or customs airports for the unloading of imported goods and the
loading of export goods or any class of such goods.
2. Inland container depots: The places which alone shall be inland container depots for
unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods or any class of such goods.
3. Land customs stations: The places which alone shall be land customs stations for
clearance of goods imported or to be exported by land or inland water or any class of
such goods.
4. Routes: The routes by which alone goods or any class of goods specified may pass by
land or inland waters into or out of India, or to or from any land customs station from
or to any land frontier.
5. Coastal ports: The ports which alone shall be coastal ports for the carrying on of trade
in coastal goods or any class of such goods with all or any specified ports of India.
II. Approval of Landing places and specifying limits of customs area:
1. The commissioner of customs may approve proper places in any customs port or
customs airport or coastal airport for the loading and unloading of goods.
2. He may specify the limits of any customs area.
III. Powers to declare places to be warehousing stations:
The customs board may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare places to be
warehousing stations at which alone public ware houses may be established and private
warehouses may be licensed.
IV. Appointment of boarding stations:
The commissioner of customs may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in or
near any customs port a loading station for the purpose of boarding of or deembarkation
from vessables by officers of customs.