45C. Application of section 45 to distribution by unit trust

Section 45 applies in relation to any distribution made by a unit trust which is deemed to be income under section 10(19), (20) and (21) as that section applies to any interest paid by a person (X) to another person (Y) not known to X to be resident in Singapore and, for the purpose of such application, any reference in that section to interest is a reference to such distribution.

Subsection (1) does not apply to any distribution which is made on or after 28 February 1998 by a designated unit trust referred to in section 35(12).

Subsection (1) does not apply to any distribution made on or after 1 January 2015 by a unit trust to a branch in Singapore of a company incorporated outside Singapore and not known to the trustee of the unit trust to be resident in Singapore.