Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
New section 13D
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 13C, the following section:“Exemption of certain dividends13D.—
Where an investment company has been approved under section 10A, the provisions of this section shall have effect.(2) As soon as any amount of the income has been determined to be not chargeable to tax in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 10A, the net amount of that income shall be credited to a special account (referred to in this section as the account) to be kept by the investment company for the purposes of this section.(3) Subsections (3) to (8) of section 13B shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary in respect of any dividends paid out of the account of that investment company.(4) In this section, “net amount” in relation to the income referred to in subsection (2) for any year of assessment means the amount of that income less —
expenses and donations allowable under this Act for that year of assessment which are determined in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 10A as attributable to that income;
any amount of loss for that year of assessment arising from the disposal of securities which is determined in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 10A by reference to the period during which those securities have been held and which is not deductible under those regulations;
any amount of allowances for that year of assessment under section 19, 19A, 20, 21 or 23 which is determined in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 10A as attributable to that income; and
any amount of the expenses, donations, allowances and losses referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) which have not been deducted in arriving at the net amount of the income for any previous year of assessment.”.