law: Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010
  Chapter III Functions
  
  of Authority
  Section 11 Functions
  
  of Authority
  1.  
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act, the Authority shall have powers to develop,
  
  sanitize and manage the facilities for cross border movement of passengers and
  
  goods at designated points along the international borders of India.
  2.  Without
  
  prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1), the
  
  Authority may-
  a.   put in place systems,
  
  which address security imperatives at the integrated check posts on the border;
  b.   plan, construct and
  
  maintain roads, terminals and ancillary buildings other than national highways,
  
  State highways and railways, at an integrated check post;
  c.   plan, procure,
  
  install and maintain communication, security, goods handling and scanning
  
  equipment at an integrated check post;
  d.   provide appropriate
  
  space and facilities for immigration, customs, security, taxation authorities,
  
  animal and plant quarantine, warehouses, cargo and baggage examination yards,
  
  parking zones, banks, post offices, communication facilities, tourist
  
  information centres, waiting halls, canteen, refreshment stalls, public
  
  conveniences, health services and such other services, as may be deemed
  
  necessary;
  e.   construct residential
  
  buildings for its employees as well as residential accommodation for staff
  
  deployed at integrated check posts;
  f.   establish and
  
  maintain hotels, restaurants and restrooms;
  g.   establish and
  
  maintain warehouses, container depots and cargo complexes for the storage or
  
  processing of goods;
  h.   arrange for postal,
  
  money exchange, insurance and telephone facilities for the use of passengers
  
  and other persons at integrated check posts;
  i.   make appropriate
  
  arrangements for the security of integrated check posts and provide for
  
  regulation and control of movement of vehicles, entry and exit of passengers
  
  and goods in accordance with the respective law concerning them;
  j.   ensure prevention and
  
  control of fire and other hazards and other facilities as deemed necessary;
  k.   regulate and control
  
  the movement of vehicles, and the entry and exit of passengers, transportation
  
  workers, handling agents, clearing and forwarding agents and goods at the
  
  integrated check post with due regard to the law, security and protocol of the
  
  Government of India;
  l.   co-ordinate and
  
  facilitate the working of agencies who have been engaged to undertake various
  
  activities at the integrated check posts, in accordance with the respective
  
  law, for the time being in force;
  m.   develop and provide
  
  consultancy, construction or management services, and undertake operations in
  
  India and abroad in relation to an integrated check post;
  n.   form one or more
  
  companies under the Companies Act, 1956(1 of 1956) or under any other law
  
  relating to companies for efficient discharge of the functions imposed on it by
  
  this Act;
  o.   take all such steps
  
  as may be necessary or expedient for, or may be incidental to, the exercise of
  
  any power or the discharge of any function conferred or imposed on it by this
  
  Act:
  Provided that
  
  sovereign functions of the Authority shall not be assigned to any private
  
  entity;
  p.   set up joint ventures
  
  for the discharge of any of the functions assigned to the Authority; and
  q.   undertake any other
  
  activity at the integrated check post in the best commercial interests of the
  
  Authority.
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  3.  In
  
  the discharge of its functions under this section, the Authority may consult
  
  such ministry or department of the Government of India or of the State
  
  Government as it deems necessary, and shall have due regard to the development
  
  of land port services and to the efficiency, economy and safety of such
  
  service.
  4.  
  
    Nothing
  
  contained in this section shall be construed as--
  a.   authorising the
  
  disregard by the Authority of any law for the time being in force; or
  b.   authorising any
  
  person to institute any proceeding in respect of duty or liability to which the
  
  Authority or its officers or other employees would not otherwise be subject to.