Assistance to Customs: Enforcement Directorate officers are mandated to aid execution of the Customs Act under delegated authority.
Empowerment under clause (e) of section 151 of the Customs Act, 1962 requires specified officers of the Enforcement Directorate to assist Customs officers in the execution of the Act, naming Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Chief Enforcement Officers, Enforcement Officers and Assistant Enforcement Officers as obliged to render such assistance.

Drawback sanction authority extended to specified customs officers for lower-value personal effects claims, permitting decentralized approval.
The Central Government directs that the powers of an Assistant Commissioner to sanction drawback on personal effects of passengers, where the claim in any single case does not exceed Rs. 250, may also be exercised by specified gazetted officers empowered by the Central Board of Excise and Customs, namely Preventive Inspectors of Customs and Superintendents of Central Excise.

Prohibition on import: labeling and origin indication required for foreign-made goods and specific textile marking rules enforced.
Prohibition on import lists goods barred under the Customs Act, including counterfeit or substandard coin and obscene material, and conditions for allowing imports of foreign-made goods bearing Indian names or trade marks only if origin is prominently indicated in English. Textile-specific labeling mandates require piece goods to show manufacturer/exporter or wholesale purchaser in India and real length; cotton yarn bundles to show manufacturer/exporter or wholesale purchaser and weight and count per Trade Marks Act rules; and thread units to show manufacturer/exporter or wholesale purchaser and length or weight as prescribed.