Passenger Name Record processing: NCTC Pax official appointed as proper officer with nationwide customs powers to handle PNR data. The Principal Additional Director General or Additional Director General of NCTC Pax in the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management is appointed an officer of customs with the powers of a Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs, vested with nationwide jurisdiction to receive and process Passenger Name Record information under the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022, and is assigned to perform the Customs Act functions relating to passenger data as the proper officer; the notification is effective on publication in the Official Gazette.