Jurisdiction of Customs Commissioners expanded to specified territorial areas and granted pan India adjudicatory authority for Board assigned cases. The Central Government, under section 4 of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints specified officers as Commissioners of Customs and, under their control, Additional or Joint Commissioners and Deputy or Assistant Commissioners for defined territorial areas, ports, airports, special economic zones and maritime zones, as listed in the Table, superseding earlier notifications. Notwithstanding those territorial allocations, the officers specified as Commissioners shall have jurisdiction throughout India to adjudicate cases assigned to them by the Board.