Appointment of Customs Authority: Central Excise officer designated to exercise customs adjudicatory powers in specified Union Territory. The Central Government, invoking section 4(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, Ernakulum-II Division, to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, conferring the role of Common Adjudicating Authority / Proper Officer for the Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.