Areas of jurisdiction: Chief Commissioners designated to supervise specified Customs and Central Excise territories under statutory appointment power. The Central Government appoints the officers listed to be Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise for the areas corresponding to the named Commissioners, superseding an earlier notification; appointments take effect from a date to be notified in the Official Gazette and the Table specifies territorial allocations, distinguishing regular and preventive Customs coverage and recording later substitutions that alter particular entries.