742 - FINANCE ACT 2012

Finance 1 laws OF MalaYsIa act 742 FInance act 2012 2 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 Date of Royal Assent ... ... 2 February 2012 Date of publication in the Gazette ... ... ... 9 February 2012 Publisher’s copyright c Percetakan nasIOnal MalaYsIa berhad All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior permission of Percetakan nasional Malaysia berhad (appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia). Finance 3 laws OF MalaYsIa act 742 FInance act 2012 ARRANgemeNt oF sectioNs chapter i PReLimiNARY section 1. short title 2. Amendment of Acts chapter ii part I AmeNDmeNts to the iNcome tAx Act 1967 3. commencement of amendments to the income tax Act 1967 4. Amendment of section 2 5. Amendment of section 6 6. Amendment of section 6a 7. Amendment of section 34b 8. Amendment of section 39 9. Amendment of section 45 10. Amendment of section 49 11. Amendment of section 54a 12. Amendment of section 60 13. Amendment of section 67 1 4. Amendment of section 81 1 5. New section 83a 1 6. Amendment of section 97a 4 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 section 17. Amendment of section 109e 18. New section 111d 19. Amendment of section 120 2 0. Amendment of section 134 2 1. Amendment of schedule 1 2 2. Amendment of schedule 4b 2 3. Amendment of schedule 7a part ii sAviNgs AND tRANsitioNAL PRovisioNs 24. Application of this Part 25. Balance of allowances and adjusted loss of a person in respect of a malaysian ship chapter iii AmeNDmeNts to the stAmP Act 1949 26. commencement of amendments to the stamp Act 1949 27. Amendment of section 9 28. Amendment of First schedule 29. Amendment of second schedule chapter iv AmeNDmeNt to the ReAL PRoPeRtY gAiNs tAx Act 1976 30. commencement of amendment to the Real Property gains tax Act 1976 3 1. Amendment of schedule 2 Chapter v AmeNDmeNt to the LABuAN BusiNess ActivitY tAx Act 1990 32. commencement of amendment to the Labuan Business Activity tax Act 1990 33. Amendment of section 22 Finance 5 section 34. Amendment of section 22a Chapter vi AmeNDmeNt to the FiNANce Act 2009 35. commencement of amendment to the Finance Act 2009 36. Amendment of section 3 6 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 Finance 7 laws OF MalaYsIa act 742 FInance act 2012 An Act to amend the income tax Act 1967, the stamp Act 1949, the Real Property gains tax Act 1976, the Labuan Business Activity tax Act 1990 and the Finance Act 2009. [ ] enacted by the Parliament of malaysia as follows: chapter i PReLimiNARY short title 1. this Act may be cited as the Finance Act 2012. amendment of acts 2. the income tax Act 1967 [Act 53], the stamp Act 1949 [Act 378], the Real Property gains tax Act 1976 [Act 169], the Labuan Business Activity tax Act 1990 [Act 445] and the Finance Act 2009 [Act 693] are amended in the manner specified in chapters ii, iii, iv, v and vi respectively. 8 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 Chapter II Part I AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Commencement of amendments to the Income Tax Act 1967 3. (1) Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 21 and 22, paragraphs 23(a) and (c), sections 24 and 25 have effect for the year of assessment 2012 and subsequent years of assessment. (2) Section 5 comes into operation from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2016. (3) Sections 8, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19 come into operation on 1 January 2012. (4) Section 10 comes into operation from the year of assessment 2012 until the year of assessment 2021. (5) Section 18 has effect from the year of assessment 2013. (6) Section 14 comes into operation on the coming into operation of this Act. (7) Section 20 comes into operation on the coming into operation of the amendment to section 6a of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Act 1995 [Act 533]. (8) Paragraph 23(b) is deemed to have effect from the year of assessment 2011. Amendment of section 2 4. The Income Tax Act 1967, which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Chapter, is amended— (a) in subsection 2(1)— (i) in the definition of “approved scheme”, by inserting after the words “Employees Provident Fund” the words “, private retirement scheme”; and Finance 9 (ii) by inserting after the definition of “prescribed” the following definition: ‘ “private retirement scheme” means a retirement scheme approved by the securities commission in accordance with the capital markets and services Act 2007 [Act 671];’; and (b) in subsection 2(8), by substituting for the words “or the Labuan offshore Financial services Authority” the words “, the Labuan Financial services Authority or the malaysia co-operative societies commission”. amendment of section 6 5. Paragraph 6(1)(i) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “three years from the year of assessment 2009” the words “five years from the year of assessment 2012”. amendment of section 6A 6. Paragraph 6a(2)(c) of the principal Act is amended in the proviso by inserting after the words “Part xiv” the words “or xv”. amendment of section 34b 7. subsection 34b(4) of the principal Act is amended— (a) by substituting for paragraph (c) the following paragraph: “ (c) a “contract research and development company” and a “research and development company” have the same meaning assigned thereto in section 2 of the Promotion of investments Act 1986 and fulfills the conditions specified by the relevant ministry;”; and 10 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (b) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph: “ (d) a “related company” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Promotion of investments Act 1986.”. amendment of section 39 8. section 39 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection: “(3) Paragraphs (1)(f), (i) and (j) shall not apply if for a year of assessment a person is exempt under paragraph 127(3) (b) or subsection 127(3a) or the Promotion of investments Act 1986, in respect of all income of that person from all sources not being exemption on income equal to capital expenditure incurred.”. amendment of section 45 9. section 45 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (5) the following subsection: “(5) the election referred to in subsection (2) shall be made in a return furnished in accordance with subsection 77(1).”. amendment of section 49 10. section 49 of the principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “or deferred annuity”; and (ii) in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words “or the employees Provident Fund as the case may be” the words “(other than a private retirement scheme)”; Finance 11 (b) in subsection (1a)— (i) by deleting paragraph (a); and (ii) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “or where paragraph (a) applies, shall not exceed seven thousand ringgit”; and (c) by inserting after subsection (1C) the following subsections: “(1d) in the case of an individual resident for the basis year for a year of assessment who has— (a) paid any deferred annuity; or (b) made or suffered the making of a contribution to a private retirement scheme, there shall be allowed for that year of assessment a deduction of the aggregate amount of the payments or contribution or both or a deduction of three thousand ringgit whichever is the less. (1e) For the purposes of subsection (1d), where subsection 50(2) or (3) applies, the total deduction under that subsection shall not exceed three thousand ringgit.”. amendment of section 54A 11. section 54a of the principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “the statutory income” the words “seventy per cent of the statutory income of that person”; and (b) by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection: “(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act— (a) the income derived from each malaysian ship referred to under subsection (1) shall be treated as income from a separate and distinct business source of that person; 12 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (b) the adjusted loss (if any) of the person for any year of assessment in respect of a source consisting of a malaysian ship shall not be available as a deduction in arriving at the total income of that person for that year of assessment; (c) an amount of statutory income of a person from a source consisting of a malaysian ship referred to in paragraph (b) which is exempt under this section for the following year of assessment shall be reduced by the adjusted loss referred to in that paragraph, and if by reason of insufficiency or absence of that statutory income, the amount of adjusted loss which has not been so utilized shall further reduce the amount of statutory income of that person from that source which is exempt under this section for any subsequent years of assessment until the amount of adjusted loss is fully utilized; and (d) an amount of statutory income of a person for a year of assessment from a source consisting of a malaysian ship which is not exempt under this section shall be deemed to be the total income of that person.”. amendment of section 60 12. section 60 of the principal Act is amended— (a) by substituting for subsection (10a) the following subsection: “(10a) Notwithstanding subsections (10), 43(2) and 44(2), any adjusted loss of the life fund for the basis period for a year of assessment of an insurer shall only be available as a deduction against the statutory income of the life fund of the insurer for subsequent years of assessment until fully utilized.”; and Finance 13 (b) by inserting after subsection (10C) the following subsection: “(10d) in arriving at the total income of an insurer for a year of assessment, the adjusted loss from a source or sources of an insurer for that year of assessment other than from a source consisting of a life fund, shall be available as deduction against the aggregate statutory income (excluding the statutory income from a source consisting of a life fund) of an insurer, and any unabsorbed loss ascertained under subsection 44(4) or (5) for that year of assessment shall not be deducted against the statutory income of the life fund of the insurer for the subsequent years of assessment.”. amendment of section 67 13. section 67 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection: “(4a) For the purposes of subsection (4), where a representative is a person appointed as an agent under section 68, the Director general may, by way of a notice in writing, require the representative to remit to him any accessible moneys for the purpose of payment of any tax due from the principal or for any debt so due referred to in that subsection, notwithstanding that no assessment in respect of such tax has been made in the name of the representative: Provided that the accessible moneys shall not include any moneys held by the representative in his custody and control on behalf of the principal.”. amendment of section 81 14. section 81 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “possession” the words “or control”. 14 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 new section 83A 15. the principal Act is amended by inserting after section 83 the following section: “duty to furnish particulars of payment made to an agent, etc. 83A. (1) every company shall for each year prepare and provide to each of its agent, dealer or distributor a copy of the form prescribed by the Director general containing— (a) particulars of payment (whether in monetary form or otherwise) made during that year of assessment to that agent, dealer or distributor; (b) name and address of that agent, dealer or distributor; and (c) such other particulars as may be required by the Director general. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the prescribed form shall be provided to the agent, dealer or distributor not later than 31 march in the year immediately following the year mentioned in that subsection. (3) the company shall keep and retain the prescribed form in safe custody and shall make it readily accessible to the Director general. (4) in this section, “agent”, “dealer” or “distributor” means any person who is authorised by a company to act as its agent, dealer or distributor, and who receives payment (whether in monetary form or otherwise) from the company arising from sales, transactions or schemes carried out by him as an agent, dealer or distributor.”. Finance 15 amendment of section 97A 16. section 97a of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection: “(1) Where in ascertaining the chargeable income of a person, it appears to the Director general that— (a) no assessment shall be made in respect of that person for any year of assessment by reason of— (i) absence of adjusted income, statutory income, aggregate income or total income of a person from any of his sources of income; or (ii) exemption granted to that person under this Act or the Promotion of investments Act 1986; or (b) assessment has been made in respect of that person, but that person has no statutory income from a source consisting of a business, the Director general may notify that person in writing— (i) in respect of paragraph (a), that no assessment shall be made for that year of assessment and provide a computation with regard to it; or (ii) in respect of paragraph (b), the adjustment, if any, made in respect of that source consisting of a business and provide a computation with regard to it.”. amendment of section 109e 17. subsection 109e(4) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “an amount equal to ten per cent of the income liable to deduction of tax under that subsection and the total sum” the words “a sum equal to ten per cent of the amount which he fails to pay, and that amount and the increased sum”. 16 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 new section 111d 18. the principal Act is amended by inserting after section 111C the following section: “compensation for over-payment of tax 111d. (1) subject to this section and subsection 111(4a), an amount of compensation may be payable to a person if the amount refunded to that person for a year of assessment under section 111 is made after— (a) ninety days from the date a return for that year of assessment is required to be furnished under this Act, in the case of return furnished by way of electronic transmission; or (b) one hundred and twenty days from the date a return for that year of assessment is required to be furnished under this Act, in any other case. (2) For the purposes of this section— (a) the “amount refunded” refers to tax paid in accordance with section 107, 107b or 107C for a year of assessment in excess of tax payable, if any, for that year of assessment as specified in a return furnished under section 77 or 77a; and (b) the amount of compensation shall be determined in accordance with the following formula: A x B x 2% c where A is the amount refunded under section 111 for a year of assessment; B is the number of days beginning from the first day after the period specified under paragraph (1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, until the day that amount is made to a person; and c is the number of days in a year. Finance 17 (3) Without prejudice to sections 91 and 113, where the Director General discovers that the whole or part of the compensation— (a) is wrongly paid to a person, the Director General may require from that person a return of such amount already paid; or (b) ought not to have been paid to that person by reason of an incorrect return or incorrect information furnished by that person, the Director General may require from that person a return of such amount already paid and that amount shall without any further notice be increased by a sum equal to ten per cent of that amount which ought not to have been paid, and the amount of compensation wrongly paid or ought not to have been paid and the sum increased shall be recoverable as if it were tax due and payable under this Act. (4) This section shall not apply— (a) if a person fails to furnish return for a year of assessment in accordance with section 77 or 77a; (b) in respect of excess of amount payable referred to in subsections 111(1a) and (1b); or (c) if a person appeals against an assessment under section 99.”. Amendment of section 120 19. Paragraph 120(1)(b) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “subsection 83(1a)” the words “or 83a(1)”. Amendment of section 134 20. Section 134 of the principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1a), by substituting for the words “section 6a” the words “subsection 6a(1)”; 18 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (b) by inserting after subsection (1a) the following subsection: “(1b) The deputy chief executive officers of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia appointed under subsection 6a(1a) of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Act 1995 shall be the Deputy Directors General of Inland Revenue.”; and (c) in subsection (2)— (i) by substituting for the words “Minister” the words “Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia”; and (ii) by deleting paragraph (a). Amendment of Schedule 1 21. Schedule 1 to the principal Act is amended by inserting after Part XIV the following Part: “Part XV 1. Notwithstanding Part I, income tax shall be charged for a specified year of assessment on the chargeable income of an approved individual under the Returning Expert Programme in respect of having or exercising employment with a person in Malaysia at the rate of 15 per cent on every ringgit of that chargeable income. 2. In this Part— (a) an approved individual and the specified year of assessment referred to in paragraph 1; and (b) where the individual has income from a source other than the employment referred to in paragraph 1 or where subsection 45(2) applies, the chargeable income of the individual referred to in that paragraph, shall be as determined by the Minister by rules made under this Act.”. Finance 19 Amendment of Schedule 4b 22. Paragraph 5 of Schedule 4b to the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “or 4a”. Amendment of Schedule 7A 23. Schedule 7a to the principal Act is amended— (a) in the proviso to paragraph 3, by deleting the words “where the qualifying project is located within the States of Sabah, Sarawak, the Federal Territory of Labuan, Perlis, the Eastern Corridor of Peninsular Malaysia and such other areas which the Minister may from time to time determine or”; (b) in paragraph 7— (i) by substituting for subparagraph (b) the following subparagraph: “ (b) for the basis period for which the company has been granted approval for investment tax allowance under the Promotion of Investments Act 1986 in respect of a promoted activity or promoted product for the period prescribed under the relevant provisions of that Act;”; (ii) in subparagraph (d), by substituting for the words “the period” the words “the basis period”; and (iii) by substituting for subparagraph (e) the following subparagraph: “ (e) for the basis period for which the company has been granted approval under section 31c of the Promotion of Investments Act 1986 prior to the coming into operation of section 37 of the Promotion of Investments (Amendment) Act 2007 [Act A1318] in respect of a manufacturing activity or manufactured product for the period prescribed under paragraph 31e(2)(b) of that Act.”; and 20 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (c) in paragraph 9— (i) by deleting the definition of “Eastern Corridor of Peninsular Malaysia”; and (ii) by inserting after the definition of “disposed of” the following definition: ‘ “factory” means portion of the floor areas of a building or an extension of a building used for the purposes of qualifying project to place or install plant or machinery or to store any raw material, or goods or materials manufactured prior to sale: Provided that in respect of portion of the building or extension of the building used for the storage of raw material, or goods or materials, or both, it shall not be more than one-tenth of the total floor areas of that building or extension;’. Part II SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Application of this Part 24. Where there is any inconsistency between any provision of this Part and any provision of the principal Act, the provision of the principal Act shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency. Balance of allowances and adjusted loss of a person in respect of a Malaysian ship 25. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the balance of allowances in respect of any Malaysian ship for a year of assessment 2011 referred to under paragraph 54a(2)(a) of the principal Act prior to the amendment of that paragraph under section 11 of this Act, shall be made to a person in ascertaining the statutory income of that person for the year of assessment 2012 from a source consisting of that ship only. Finance 21 (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), where the balance of allowances referred to in that subsection is in respect of more than one Malaysian ships, such balance of allowances shall be apportioned to each of the ships in accordance with the following formula: A x C B where A is the gross income of a person in respect of a Malaysian ship for the year of assessment 2011; B is the total gross income of a person in respect of all Malaysian ships for the year of assessment 2011; and C is the balance of allowances for the year of assessment 2011 in respect of any Malaysian ship referred to under paragraph 54a(2)(a) of the principal Act prior to the amendment of that paragraph under section 11 of this Act, and the amount apportioned to each of the ships shall be made to that person in ascertaining the statutory income of that person from a source consisting of the same ship in the year of assessment 2012, and if by reason of an insufficiency or absence of that statutory income of that person from that source, effect cannot be given or cannot be given in full to any of the apportioned sum, so much of the sum which has not been so made shall be made in arriving at the statutory income of that person from that source for the year of assessment 2013 and so on for subsequent years of assessment until the whole amount of the apportioned sum is fully made to that person. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the balance of adjusted loss in respect of any Malaysian ship for the year of assessment 2011 referred to under paragraph 54a(2)(b) of the principal Act prior to the amendment of that paragraph under section 11 of this Act, shall be deducted against the statutory income of a person which is exempt for the year of assessment 2012 from a source consisting of that ship only. 22 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (4) For the purpose of subsection (3), where the balance of adjusted loss referred to in that subsection is in respect of more than one Malaysian ships, such balance of adjusted loss shall be apportioned to each of the ships in accordance with the following formula: A x C B where A is the gross income of a person in respect of a Malaysian ship for the year of assessment 2011; B is the total gross income of a person in respect of all Malaysian ships for the year of assessment 2011; and C is the balance of loss for year of assessment 2011 in respect of any Malaysian ship referred to under paragraph 54a(2)(b) of the principal Act prior to the amendment of that paragraph under section 11 of this Act, and the amount apportioned to each of the ships shall be deducted against the statutory income of that person which is exempt from a source consisting of the same ship in the year of assessment 2012 and if by reason of an insufficiency or absence of that statutory income, effect cannot be given or cannot be given in full to any of the apportioned sum, so much of the sum which has not been so deducted shall be deducted against the statutory income of that person from that source which is exempt for the year of assessment 2013 and so on for subsequent years of assessment until the whole amount of the apportioned sum is fully deducted. chapter III AMENDMENTS TO THE STAMP ACT 1949 Commencement of amendments to the Stamp Act 1949 26. This Chapter commences on the coming into operation of this Act. Finance 23 Amendment of section 9 27. The Stamp Act 1949, which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Chapter, is amended in section 9— (a) in the shoulder note, by inserting after the words “in that behalf” the words “or rights subscription forms supplied by Bursa Malaysia”; (b) in subsection (1)— (i) by deleting the word “and”; and (ii) by inserting after the words “of insurance,” the words “and Bursa Malaysia to compound for the payment of duty on unstamped rights subscription forms,”; (c) by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph: “ (a) that the said cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms be drawn or drawn up and issued on forms to be supplied or adopted by the said banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia;”; (d) by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph: “ (b) that the said banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia do levy upon or charge to the person to whom such cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms are issued the stamp duty mentioned in the First Schedule;”; (e) by substituting for paragraph (c) the following paragraph: “ (c) that the said banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia do pay on the 1st day of each calendar month in each year to the Collector the amount due and collected thereon as duties on such unstamped cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms, and where he fails to pay the amount due on each date specified or within fourteen days immediately thereafter, he shall in addition to the amount due pay a further 24 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 amount of two hundred ringgit or ten per centum of the amount due whichever is the greater and any amount due shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government;”; (f) in paragraph (d), by substituting for the words “or insurer” the words “, insurer or Bursa Malaysia”; (g) by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection: “(2) Cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms drawn or drawn up and issued on forms supplied or adopted by such banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be duly stamped.”; (h) by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection: “(3) Where a banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia has been authorized to compound for the payment of duty on unstamped cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms as provided in subsection (1), the Collector or any person authorized by him in writing, may at all reasonable times, inspect any stocks of unstamped cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance or rights subscription forms held by the banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia and any books, records and documents kept by him in connection with the issue of such cheques, contract notes or policies of insurance, or supply of such rights subscription forms.”; and (i) by substituting for subsection (4) the following subsection: “(4) For the purpose of subsection (3), the banker, dealer, insurer or Bursa Malaysia shall keep and retain the books, records and documents in connection with the issue of such cheques, contract notes or policies of insurance, or supply of such rights subscription forms for a period of seven years from the year in which such cheques, contract notes, policies of insurance are issued or rights subscription forms are supplied.”. Finance 25 Amendment of First Schedule 28. The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended— (a) in subitem 2(iii), by deleting the words “or of the Malayan Railway”; (b) in subitem 2(iv), by deleting the words “or of the Malayan Railway”; (c) in item 23— (i) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “or of the Malayan Railway”; and (ii) by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph: “ (b) Bond for securing the refund to Government of amounts overpaid to persons appointed by Government officers to receive their salary or allowance when absent on leave.”; (d) in item 32, under “Exemptions”, in subparagraph (b)(v), by deleting the words “or of the Malayan Railway”; (e) in paragraph 1, under “GENERAL EXEMPTIONS”, by deleting the words “or the Malayan Railway” wherever appearing; and (f) in paragraph 6, under “GENERAL EXEMPTIONS”, by inserting after the words “the Labuan Financial Services Authority” the words “, the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission”. Amendment of Second Schedule 29. The Second Schedule to the principal Act is amended— (a) by substituting for item 19 the following item: “19 ANY BOND furnished to An immigration the Director General of officer”; and Immigration in connection with the grant of any pass or permit issued under the Immigration Act 1959/63 [ Act 155] 26 Laws of Malaysia Act 742 (b) by inserting after item 19 the following item: “ 19a EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT An immigration issued to the Immigration officer”. Department for the purpose of securing a pass Chapter IV AMENDMENT TO THE REAL PROPERTY GAINS TAX ACT 1976 Commencement of amendment to the Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 30. This Chapter has effect from the year of assessment 2012. Amendment of Schedule 2 31. The Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 is amended in subparagraph 3(g) of Schedule 2 by inserting after the words “Central Bank” the words “, the Labuan Financial Services Authority, the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission”. chapter V AMENDMENT TO THE LABUAN BUSINESS ACTIVITY TAX ACT 1990 Commencement of amendment to the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 32. This Chapter is deemed to have come into operation on 28 January 2011. Amendment of section 22 33. Subsection 22(1) of the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 is amended by inserting after the words “double taxation arrangements” the words “or tax information exchange arrangements referred to in subsection 22a(2)”. Finance 27 Amendment of section 22A 34. The Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 is amended in section 22a— (a) in paragraph (1)(a), by inserting after the words “double taxation arrangements” the words “or tax information exchange arrangements”; and (b) by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection: “(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)— “double taxation arrangement” means an arrangement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of any territory outside Malaysia under section 132 of the Income Tax Act 1967; “tax information exchange arrangements” means an arrangement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of any territory outside Malaysia under section 132a of the Income Tax Act 1967.”. chapter VI AMENDMENT TO THE FINANCE ACT 2009 Commencement of amendment to the Finance Act 2009 35. This Chapter has effect from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016. Amendment of section 3 36. The Finance Act 2009 is amended in subsection 3(5) by substituting for the words “31 December 2011” the words “31 December 2016”. DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUALA LUMPUR BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA