法第八条第六項の規定による徴収に係る税関長の権限及びその徴収する消費税に関する法令の規定に基づく税関長の権限は、次の各号に掲げる権限の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める税関官署の長に委任されるものとする。ただし、国税通則法(昭和三十七年法律第六十六号)第四十五条第一項(税関長又は国税局長が徴収する場合の読替規定)の規定により読み替えて適用する同法第四十条(滞納処分)並びに同法第四十三条第四項及び第五項(国税の徴収の所轄庁)の規定に基づく税関長の権限については、税関長が自ら行うことを妨げない。
The powers of the director-general of a customs house pertaining to the collection under Article 8, paragraph (6) of the Act, and the powers of the director-general of a customs house under the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the consumption tax collected thereby, are delegated to the head of the customs office specified in the following items according to the category of powers listed in those items; provided, however, that this does not preclude the director-general of a customs house from exercising on his or her own the powers of the director-general of a customs house under Article 40 (Delinquent Tax Collection Procedure) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes (Act No. 66 of 1962) as applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 45, paragraph (1) (Replacement of Terms Where the Director-General of the Customs House or the Regional Commissioner Collects National Tax) of that Act, and under Article 43, paragraphs (4) and (5) (Competent Agency for Collection of National Taxes) of that Act: