Property deemed to pass
7.—(1)  Property passing on the death of the deceased shall be deemed to include the following property:
(a)property of which the deceased was at the time of his death competent to dispose;
(b)property in which the deceased or any other person had an interest ceasing on the death of the deceased, to the extent to which a benefit accrues or arises by the cesser of such interest; inclusive of property the estate or interest in which has been surrendered, assured, divested or otherwise disposed of, whether for value or not, to or for the benefit of any person entitled to an estate or interest in remainder or reversion in such property, unless that surrender, assurance, divesting or disposition was bona fide made or effected 5 years before the death of the deceased, and bona fide possession and enjoyment of the property was assumed thereunder immediately upon the surrender, assurance, divesting or disposition, and thenceforward retained to the entire exclusion of the person who had the estate or interest limited to cease as aforesaid, and of any benefit to him by contract or otherwise; but exclusive of property the interest in which of the deceased or other person was only an interest as holder of an office or as recipient of the benefits of a charity or as a corporation sole;
(c)property taken as a donatio mortis causa made by the deceased or taken under a disposition made by him, purporting to operate as an immediate gift inter vivos, whether by way of transfer, delivery, declaration of trust, or otherwise, which shall not have been bona fide made 5 years before his death, or taken under any gift, whenever made, of which bona fide possession and enjoyment shall not have been assumed by the donee immediately upon the gift and thenceforward retained to the entire exclusion of the donor or of any benefit to him by contract or otherwise, subject to the following provisions:
(i)in the case of any gift inter vivos made for public or charitable purposes, the words “5 years” in this paragraph shall be read as “12 months”;
(ii)nothing in this paragraph shall apply to gifts inter vivos which are made in consideration of marriage, or which are made to the Government or any institution of a public character within the meaning of section 37(9) of the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134), or which are proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner to have been part of the normal expenditure of the deceased and to have been reasonable having regard to the amount of his income or to the circumstances, or which in the case of any donee do not exceed in the aggregate $1,000 in value or amount;
(d)property which the deceased, having been absolutely entitled thereto, has caused to be transferred to or vested in himself and any other person jointly, whether by disposition or otherwise, including also any purchase or investment effected by the deceased alone or in concert or by arrangement with any other person, so that the beneficial interest therein or in some part thereof passes or accrues by survivorship on his death to such other person;
(e)property passing under any past or future settlement made by the deceased by deed or any other instrument not taking effect as a will, whereby an interest in such property, or the proceeds of sale thereof, for life or any other period determinable by reference to death is reserved, either expressly or by implication, to the settlor, or whereby the settlor may have reserved to himself the right by the exercise of any power to restore to himself, or to reclaim the absolute interest in such property or the proceeds of sale thereof;
(f)money received under a policy of assurance effected by the deceased on his life where the policy is wholly kept up by him for the benefit of a donee, whether nominee or assignee, or a part of such money in proportion to the premiums paid by him, where the policy is partially kept up by the deceased for such benefit;
(g)any annuity or other interest purchased or provided by the deceased either by himself alone or in concert or by arrangement with any other person, to the extent of the beneficial interest accruing or arising by survivorship or otherwise on the death of the deceased.
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(2)  Where an annuity or other interest referred to in subsection (1)(g) has been purchased or provided by the deceased, either by himself alone or in concert or by arrangement with any other person, the extent of any beneficial interest therein accruing or arising by survivorship or otherwise on the death of the deceased shall be ascertained, and shall be deemed always to be ascertainable without regard to any interest in expectancy the beneficiary may have had therein before the death.
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