§ 45J — Application of section 45, etc., to Government

45J.—(1) Subject to the modifications in subsection (2), sections 45, 45A, 45F and 45GA apply to the payment of any income described in those sections that is liable to be made by the Government to a person not known to the Government to be resident in Singapore, as they apply to the payment of such income liable to be made by a person to another person not known to the firstmentioned person to be resident in Singapore.[32/2019]

(2) The modifications are —(a)

any amount deducted by the Government under section 45, 45A, 45F or 45GA does not constitute a debt due to the Government and is not recoverable in the manner provided by section 89; and

(b)

section 45(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) (including those provisions as applied by sections 45A, 45F and 45GA) does not apply.[32/2019]

—(1) Subject to the modifications in subsection (2), sections 45, 45A, 45F and 45GA apply to the payment of any income described in those sections that is liable to be made by the Government to a person not known to the Government to be resident in Singapore, as they apply to the payment of such income liable to be made by a person to another person not known to the firstmentioned person to be resident in Singapore.[32/2019]

(2) The modifications are —(a)

any amount deducted by the Government under section 45, 45A, 45F or 45GA does not constitute a debt due to the Government and is not recoverable in the manner provided by section 89; and

(b)

section 45(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) (including those provisions as applied by sections 45A, 45F and 45GA) does not apply.[32/2019]