No. S 793
Income Tax Act
(CHAPTER 134)
Income Tax (Singapore — Cambodia)
(Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement)
Order 2017
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 20 May 2016, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Royal Government of Cambodia, arrangements were made, amongst other things, for the avoidance of double taxation:
AND WHEREAS by a Protocol dated 20 May 2016, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Royal Government of Cambodia, the arrangements set out in the said Agreement were modified as prescribed in the said Protocol:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is declared by the Minister for Finance —
(a)that the arrangements specified in the Schedule to this Order have been made with the Royal Government of Cambodia; and
(b)that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect notwithstanding anything in any written law.
Made on 19 December 2017.
YONG YING-I
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[MF(R) R32.002.0067 Vol. 2; AG/LEGIS/SL/134/2015/3 Vol. 2]