(ii) no such allowance shall be made in respect of

child who carried on or exercised during the year preceding

the year of azsessment a trade, profession, business vocation or

employment;

(iii) no allowance shall be made in respect of any

mmber of children exceeding four.

(d) The annual amount of any premium paid in respect of

any individual on the life of the individual or on the life of

his wife in any Insurance Company or the annual contribution

made by the individual to the Widows' and Orphans' Fensions

Scheme of the Colony or such other scheme or fund as th

Commissioner may approve as equivalent to Widows' and Orphans'

Pensions Soheme,

Provided that no such deduction shall be allowed in

respect of any such anmal amount of premium or contribution

beyond an amount equal to one-sixth part of the total income

of such individual before making the deductions specified in

(b) (c) and (d) of this subsection.

(2) For the purpose of this section -

·

(a) "total income" means the total income of an

individual arising in or derived from the Colony. The amount

be included in respect of a dividend from a company which is

entitled to deduct tax under the provisions of section 28 in

the net dividend received plus the tax which the company has

deducted or is entitled to deduct in respect of that dividend.

(b) "wife" means the lawful wife of any individual

married to him by a Christian marriage or its civil equivalent,

or in the case of Chinese or any other Asiatic the principal

spouse.

(c) "child" of an individual includes a child by his

wife or by a former wife and a step-child. It includes also

an adopted child and, in the case of Asiatics, a child by his

concubine if such child is recognised by him and his family as

a member of his family.

(3) An individual who is liable to tax for a part only

/of

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