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Issues: Whether intelligent ionization smoke detectors imported by the assessee were classifiable under Chapter Heading 9027.10 as gas or smoke analysis apparatus, or under Chapter Heading 9022.90 as apparatus based on radioactive rays.
Analysis: The goods were meant for detecting fire by analysing smoke and were supported by technical literature showing independent smoke-sensing and microprocessor-based analysis functions. The relevant HSN Explanatory Notes contemplated electronic smoke detectors within Chapter 90.27. The classification dispute turned on whether the radioactive operating principle displaced the specific tariff entry for smoke analysis apparatus. Applying the settled rule that a specific entry must prevail over a general or residuary entry, the more particular description under Chapter Heading 9027.10 was held to govern. The earlier Tribunal view in Asia Engineering Co. was also consistent with classification of ionization smoke detectors under Chapter 90.27 despite their radioactive source.
Conclusion: The imported goods were classifiable under Chapter Heading 9027.10 and not under Chapter Heading 9022.90.
Final Conclusion: The classification adopted by the department was set aside and the assessee's appeal succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: Where goods answer a specific tariff description, that specific entry prevails over a general or residuary entry even if the goods also operate on a broader physical principle that could attract another heading.
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