Income Tax (Singapore — Mauritius) (Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement) Order 1996

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 07 Jun 1996

No. S 249

Income Tax Act

(Chapter 134)

Income Tax (Singapore — Mauritius) (Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement) Order 1996

WHEREAS it is provided by section 49 of the Income Tax Act that if the Minister by order declares that arrangements specified in the order have been made with the Government of any country outside Singapore with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to tax under the Act and any tax of a similar character imposed by the laws of that country, and that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect, the arrangements shall have effect in relation to tax under the Act notwithstanding anything in any written law:

AND WHEREAS by an Agreement dated the 19th day of August 1995, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius, arrangements were made amongst other things for the avoidance of double taxation:

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared by the Minister for Finance —

(a)	that the arrangements specified in the Schedule to this Order have been made with the Government of the Republic of Mauritius; and
(b)	that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect notwithstanding anything in any written law.

Made this 7th day of June 1996.

BG TAN CHIN TIONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[MF(R) R32.2.061 Vol. 2; AG/5/93 (6)]

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