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Issues: Whether the product manufactured by the appellant was a pencil sharpener eligible for exemption under Notification No. 4/97-C.E. or a snap-off cutter safety knife not covered by the exemption, and whether its clearances were required to be included for eligibility under Notification No. 6/98-C.E.
Analysis: The product was found to be a blade housed in a plastic shell with segments that could be snapped off after use. Although it could also be used for sharpening pencils, it had multiple uses and was not, in substance, a pencil sharpener. The exemption under Notification No. 4/97-C.E. applied only to pencil sharpeners, and the goods did not answer that description. Since the product was not exempt, its clearances were liable to be added while determining eligibility under Notification No. 6/98-C.E.
Conclusion: The product was not entitled to exemption as a pencil sharpener, and the denial of benefit under Notification No. 4/97-C.E. was upheld. The clearances were correctly includible for the purpose of Notification No. 6/98-C.E., and the appeal failed.
Final Conclusion: The goods were held to be snap-off cutters rather than pencil sharpeners, so the exemption claim was rejected and the appeals were dismissed.
Ratio Decidendi: Exemption notifications are to be applied according to the true character of the goods, and a product with multiple uses cannot be treated as a specified exempt article merely because it can also perform one of those functions.
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