Section 68D of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 also allows authorisation of:

Besides the named Commissioners of Customs, Central Excise and Income-tax, section 68D(1) NDPS Act allows the Central Government to authorise an officer of the Central Government "of equivalent rank". State officers, judges and municipal officers are outside it, which fits the definition of competent authority in section 68B(c) as a Central officer.