Collector, Border Examiner or any officer of Customs or Land Customs duly appointed by the competent authority.

Transport of excisable article Transport of [excisable article].— No [excisable article] exceeding such quantity as the Government may, from time to time prescribe by notification either for the whole of the [State] or for any local area thereof, shall be transported within the [State] except on the authority of and in accordance with the conditions, if any, in a permit issued by the Commissioner:

Provided that unless the Government by notification otherwise directs with respect to any local area, no such permit shall be required when foreign liquor is transported for genuine private consumption or for sale at any place at which the sale of such liquor is duly licensed or permitted under the provisions of this Act.