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Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 s 23

Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 s 23

s 23 Recovery by suit

(1) Tax due and payable may be recovered by the Government by civil proceedings as a debt due to the Government. (2) The Director General and all authorized officers shall be deemed to be public officers authorized by the Minister under subsection 25(1) of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 [Act 359], in respect of all proceedings under this section. (3) In any proceedings under this section the court shall not entertain any plea that the amount of tax sought to be recovered is excessive, incorrectly assessed, under appeal or incorrectly increased under subsection 21(4).

Malay text (authoritative)

Menuntut cukai melalui guaman

(1) Cukai yang genap masanya dan kena dibayar boleh dituntut oleh Kerajaan melalui prosiding sivil sebagai suatu hutang yang genap masanya dibayar kepada Kerajaan. (2) Ketua Pengarah dan semua pegawai yang diberi kuasa hendaklah disifatkan sebagai pegawai awam yang diberi kuasa oleh Menteri di bawah subseksyen 25(1) Akta Prosiding Kerajaan 1956 [Akta 359], berkenaan dengan segala prosiding di bawah seksyen ini. (3) Dalam sesuatu prosiding di bawah seksyen ini mahkamah tidak boleh melayani apa-apa hujah bahawa amaun cukai yang hendak didapatkan itu adalah berlebihan, ditaksir dengan tidak betul, dalam rayuan atau dinaikkan dengan tidak betul di bawah subseksyen 21(4).

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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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