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Issues: Whether parts of saw blades were covered by Notification No. 207/88-C.E. before its amendment by Notification No. 63/91-C.E. dated 20.05.1991.
Analysis: The exemption, as originally framed, covered handsaws and blades for saws of all kinds, but did not expressly mention parts of saw blades. Exemption notifications are to be construed strictly, and the claimant must show that the goods fall clearly within the exemption. Although the tariff heading and the notification used similar expressions, the classification of parts under Heading 82.02 depended on Note (2) to Chapter 82 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, and chapter notes cannot be imported into the construction of an exemption notification. The later amendment adding parts could not be treated as operative for the earlier period.
Conclusion: Parts of saw blades were not exempt under Notification No. 207/88-C.E. prior to the amendment, and the claim for exemption failed.
Final Conclusion: The appeal was rejected because the unamended notification did not extend to parts of saw blades, and the later amendment did not have retrospective effect.
Ratio Decidendi: An exemption notification must be construed strictly on its own terms, without importing chapter notes from the tariff, and a later amendment enlarging the exemption operates prospectively unless clearly made retrospective.
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