Clause 48

in section 2(1), delete the definition of “authentication code”;

in section 2(1), delete the definition of “electronic service” and substitute —“ “electronic service” means the system established under section 29 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;”;

in section 2(1), in the definition of “Minister”, in paragraph (a), delete “66(13)” and substitute “66(2)”;

in section 18(1), after “that period,”, insert “or such extended time as the Chief Assessor may allow,”;

in section 19(1), after “the sale or transfer,”, insert “or such extended time as the Chief Assessor may allow,”;

in section 65(3), delete “section 66(7)” and substitute “the regulations made under section 66(2)”;

delete section 66 and substitute —“Use of electronic service66.—

Any person who is required to file or submit any return or document may do so through the electronic service.(2) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section and section 67(1)(d), prescribing —

the circumstances in which the Comptroller or the Chief Assessor may serve any notice, order or other document through the electronic service on a person assigned an account with the electronic service; and

the manner in which a person who has been served through the electronic service with any notice, order or other document is to be notified of the transmission of an electronic record of it to the person’s account with the electronic service.(3) Regulations made for the purpose of subsection (2) —

may provide for service of any notice, order or document through the electronic service in circumstances where —

the person consents to such service; or

the Comptroller or the Chief Assessor (as the case may be) gives the person notice of the Comptroller’s or the Chief Assessor’s intention of such service and the person does not refuse such service;

may provide for the giving of any notice of the Comptroller’s or the Chief Assessor’s intention, or the person’s consent or refusal, mentioned in paragraph (a), including —

the matters that must be contained in the notice; and

the time within which, and the form and manner in which, the consent or refusal must be received by the Comptroller or the Chief Assessor;

may provide when the consent or refusal of the person takes effect and when the Comptroller or the Chief Assessor must give effect to such consent or refusal; and

may provide for any other matter necessary or incidental to the purposes in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and subsection (2)(a).(4) The Comptroller may, for the purposes of the electronic service, approve the use of any symbol, code, abbreviation or notation to represent any particulars or information required under this Act.”; and

in section 67(1)(d), delete “section 66(13) and (14)” and substitute “section 66(2)”.