Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Establishment and delegations, and withdrawal of powers (1) The administration of Excise Department and the Collection of the Excise-revenue within a district shall ordinarily be under the charge of the Collector. (2) The State Government may, by notification applicable to the whole of the State or to any specified local area: (a) appoint any officer who shall, subject to such control as the State Government may direct, have the control of the administration of the Excise Department and the collection of the Excise-revenue; (b) appoint any person to exercise all or any of the powers and to perform all or any of the duties, conferred and imposed on a Collector by or under the Act, subject to such control as the State Government may direct; (c) appoint officers of the Excise Department, of such classes, and with such designations, powers and duties as the State Government may think fit; (d) order that all or any of the powers assigned by or under this Act to any officer appointed under Clause (c) of this Section shall be exercised or performed by any Government Officer or any person; (e) delegate to the Board, the Commissioner of a division, or the Excise Commissioner or the Collector of a district all or any of the powers conferred upon the State Government by or under this Act, except the powers conferred by Section 89 to make rules; (f) withdraw from any officer or person ail or any of the powers or duties conferred or imposed upon him by or under this Act; and (g) permit the delegation by the Board, the Commissioner of a division, the Excise Commissioner or the Collector, to any persons or classes of persons specified in such notification, of any powers conferred or duties imposed upon it or him by or under this Act.