Model Customs Collectorate-Preventive Lahore 2.37

Presently, Lahore Airport Traffic, AFU, GPO, Railway Station Wahga, Railway Station T-10, LFU Wahga and Anti Smuggling Of Lahore Division come under jurisdiction of MCC Preventive, Lahore.
Historically, Collectorate of Customs Lahore was established on 15-07-1947. Initially the jurisdiction of Collectorate of Central Excise and Land Customs extended over to the provinces of Punjab & NWFP. In the year 1973 the areas of NWFP & Punjab (upto Jehlum) were allocated to the newly created Collectorate of Central Excise and Land Customs, Peshawar. The jurisdiction of Lahore Collectorate was restricted to the province of the Punjab excluding Rawalpindi Division.
The Collectorate of Central Excise & Land Customs was divided into two Collectorate in the year 1986 i.e. Collectorate of Customs Lahore & Collectorate of Central Excise Lahore. Both had the jurisdiction over the Punjab excluding Rawalpindi Division.
In the year 1990 another Collectorate was created by bifurcating the Collectorate of Customs Lahore into two Collectorates namely, Collectorate of Customs, Lahore and Collectorate of Customs Multan. The jurisdiction of Collectorate of Customs Lahore was then restricted to Lahore and Gujranwala Administrative Divisions. In 1994 the Collectorate of Customs Lahore was further divided into two Collectorates namely Collectorate of Customs Lahore having jurisdiction over Lahore division and Collectorate of Customs Gujranwala. Presently this Collectorate controls areas in the Administrative division of Lahore only.
In 2011 the Collectorate of Customs Lahore was further divided into two Collectorates namely, Collectorate of Customs Preventive Lahore and collectorate of Customs Appraisement Lahore.