The Directorate has not been vested with any statutory
powers under the Customs Act or the Central Excise Act.
CBR Memo. F.NO. 22(16)Ad.II(G) 51 dated 27.12.1952 lays
down the scope and the functions of this Directorate in
supersession of earlier Memo. C.No. 1350-Ad.CX.48 dated
23.11.48.
To study the working
of the Customs ,Central excise
& Narcotics Departmental machinery
throughout the
country.
To suggest measures
for improvement of its efficiency
and rectification of important defects
in it through
inspection and by laying down procedures
for smooth
functioning.
To carry out inspection
to determine whether the
working of the field formations are
as per Customs &
central excise procedures , and to
make
recommendations in respect to the procedural
flaws ,
if any noticed.
To suggest measures
for improvement in functioning of
the field formations.
Each Customs Commissionerate
is to be inspected atleast
once a year, and each Central Excise
Commissionerate is
to be inspected once in two years.
The Director of
Legal Affairs, Director of Housing & Welfare,
Director of Organization &
Personnel Management and
Director of Publicity & Public
Relations would report to
Director General of Inspection.
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