Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 13CA

Section 13CA of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) The Minister shall not prescribe the trustee of a prescribed trust fund referred to in section 13C as a prescribed person for the purposes of subsection (1).”;

(b)

by deleting the words “one month” in subsections (3)(a) and (5)(a) and substituting in each case the words “3 months”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “equity interest” in subsection (9), the following definition:“ “issued securities”, in relation to a company, means —

(a)

issued debentures of, or issued stocks or shares in, the company;

(b)

any right, option or derivative in respect of any such debentures, stocks or shares; or

(c)

such other securities of the company as may be prescribed;”; and

(d)

by deleting the definitions of “securities” and “value” in subsection (9) and substituting the following definition:“ “value” —

(a)

in relation to issued securities of a company other than those prescribed under paragraph (c) of the definition of “issued securities”, means the value of those securities at the time of their issue by the company; or

(b)

in relation to issued securities of a company prescribed under paragraph (c) of the definition of “issued securities”, means the value of those securities at the prescribed time.”.