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</html><description>Central Excise and Customs Cochin After the Financial Consolidation of Part B States with effect from 1.4.1950, the States of Travancore and Cochin were brought under the control of the Collector of Central Excise, Madras, for the purpose of collection of Central Excise and Customs duties. The Malabar area, in north Kerala, was already under the administrative jurisdiction of the Collector of Central Excise, Madras, before 1.4.1950 as a part of the Mangalore Central Excise formation. On 1.5.1960, a separate Collectorate was formed, based at Cochin, under a Collector of Customs &amp; Central Excise having control over two wings: Cochin Custom House and Central Excise and Cusoms. In May, 1983, the Collectorate of Central Excise, Cochin, being placed under a Collector of Customs and a Collector of Central Excise respectively. &#xA0;</description><thumbnail_url>https://i0.wp.com/www.legalindia.com/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>512</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>512</thumbnail_height></oembed>
