Singapore legislation

Clause 43

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 43

Repeal of obsolete provisions and consequential amendments

The principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “local forces” in section 2(1);

(b)

by —

(i)

deleting paragraph (s) of section 13(1);

(ii)

deleting subsections (8A) to (8D) of section 13 and subsections (1A), (1B), (1C), (3A), (5A) and (8A) of section 37E; and

(iii)

repealing sections 14M and 43U;

(c)

by deleting “43U,” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “concessionary rate of tax” in section 14D(5);

(d)

by deleting “14M,” in section 15(2);

(e)

by deleting the words “or any of the 3 immediate preceding years of assessment under section 37E(1A), as the case may be” in the following provisions:

(i)

section 23(3);

(ii)

paragraph (a) of the definition of “carry‑back deductions” in sections 36A(10) and 36C(8);

(iii)

section 37(6);

(f)

by deleting “43U” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “43U (repealed)”:

(i)

paragraph (b) of the definition of “higher rate of tax” or “lower rate of tax” in section 37B(7);

(ii)

paragraph (b) of the definition of “concessionary rate of tax” in section 37E(17);

(g)

by deleting the words “or any of the 3 immediate preceding years of assessment (as the case may be)” wherever they appear in section 37E(4) and (6);

(h)

by deleting the words “or any one of the 3 immediate preceding years of assessment (as the case may be)” in section 37E(11) and (12); and

(i)

by deleting the words “that preceding year of assessment” in section 37E(11) and (12) and substituting in each case the words “the immediate preceding year of assessment”.