Malayan Union
However, the Customs Union for the Malay Peninsula could only be established in 1946, that is with the formation of the Malayan Union in April 1946, and the department was given the name Customs and Excise of Malayan Union. Nevertheless, with the dissolution of the Malayan Union in 1948, this department was reorganised. The Customs Department then did not consist only of those under the Federated Malay States but it also included those under the administration of the Non-Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements.