Entrustment of Customs Functions: Administrator and specified officers empowered to exercise customs powers in Lakshadweep with limited exception. The Central Government, under section 6 of the Customs Act, 1962, entrusts to the Administrator of Lakshadweep, the Commissioner cum Development Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police the functions of an Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs within the customs and coastal ports of the Islands, expressly excluding the function under clause (b) of section 122 of the Act.