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Finance Act 1985 Chapter III — Amendments to the petroleum (income tax)

s 5–s 7 · 3 sections

Commencement of amendments to the Petroleum (Income Tax)

s 5

The provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the year of assessment 1985 and subsequent years of assessment.

Amendment of section 18

s 6

Subsection 18(1) of the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 which in this Chapter is referred to as “the principal Act”, is amended— (a) by substituting for the full stop at the end of paragraph (l) the sign and the word “; or”; and (b) by inserting immediately after paragraph (l) the following new paragraph (m): “(m) any sum paid by way of rentals in respect of a motor vehicle (other than a lorry, truck, bus, mini bus, van or station wagon licensed or permitted by the appropriate authority for commercial transportation of goods or passengers) in excess of twenty-five thousand ringgit: Provided that the maximum amount of deduction of rentals in respect of such motor vehicle in the year of assessment and subsequent years of assessment shall not in the aggregate exceed twenty-five thousand ringgit in respect of the said motor vehicle.”.

Amendment of Schedule 2

s 7

Schedule 2 to the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word “fifteen” in subparagraph 2(2) the word “twenty-five”.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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