Administrative Set Up :

1. Zone: For administrative convenience, whole country has been divided into several zones. Principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioners of Central Excise are administrative in-charge of each zone.

2. Commissionerate: Each zone comprises of several commissionerates, ranging from two to four. Each commissionerate is headed by a Principal Commissioner/ Commissioner. The primary function of a Central Excise Commissionerate is to implement the Central Excise Act, 1944, rules framed under various provisions of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 and other allied Acts of the Parliament of India under which duty of central excise or other such duties which are levied and collected in the manner in which central excise duty is levied and collected.

3.Division: The jurisdiction of the Commissionerates has been divided into Divisions. The area of a Division depends upon the density of the industry, complexities of the commodities being dealt by the Division and quantum of revenue receipts. Each Division is headed by a Deputy Commissioner/Assistant Commissioner.

4. Range: The jurisdictional area of a Division is again divided into Ranges. Each range is headed by a Superintendent designated as ‘Range Officer’. Each Range officer has two to four inspectors in his charge.

5. Sector: Each sector officer (earlier known as inspectors) is incharge of a certain number of units, which varies from range to range. The jurisdiction of sector officer is called ‘Sector’.