Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 7

Amendment of section 13B

Section 13B of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “debited to the account” in the first line of subsection (6) and substituting the words “exempt from tax under this section”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(6A) Notwithstanding subsections (4) and (6), no dividend paid on or after the commencement of the Income Tax (Amendment) Act 1989 on any share of a preferential nature shall be exempt from tax in the hands of the shareholder.”.