Malaysia legislation

Section 11

of FINANCE ACT 1992

Section 11

Section 49 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by deleting the colon and the proviso thereto in subsection

(1)

; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following new subsection (1A):

“(1A) Where paragraph 50(3)(b) or (c) applies, there shall be allowed for that year of assessment, in addition to the deduction allowed under subsection

(1)

, a deduction of the aggregate amount of the payments or contributions or both made by the wife or a deduction of three thousand five hundred ringgit, whichever is the less:

Provided that where the wife has no total income the total deduction under subsection (1) and this subsection shall not exceed three thousand five hundred ringgit.”.

Amendment of section 50