Singapore legislation
Clause 9
of Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 9
Amendment of section 14
Section 14 of the principal Act is hereby amended —
by substituting a colon for the full-stop appearing at the end of subsection (3) thereof and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso: —“Provided that where the dividend is paid on any share of a preferential nature, it shall not be so exempt in the hands of the shareholder.”; and
by substituting a colon for the full-stop appearing at the end of subsection (9) thereof and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso: —“Provided that any holding company may, with the approval of the Minister and subject to such conditions as he may impose, pay such exempt dividends to its shareholders even if it has not held the requisite shareholding in the pioneer enterprise for the whole of the tax relief period.”.