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Section 14

Recovery by suit

of Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990

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Section 14
(1)

Tax due and payable may be recovered by the Government by civil proceedings as a debt due to the Government.

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(1A)

In any proceedings under this section, the court shall not entertain any plea that the amount of tax sought to be recovered is excessive, incorrectly assessed, under appeal or incorrectly increased under subsection 11(3), (4) or (5).

(2)

The Director General and all authorized officers shall be deemed to be public officers authorized by the Minister under subsection 25(1) of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 [Act 359], in respect of all proceedings under this section.

(3)

An “authorized officer” means an official authorized by the

Director General for the purposes of this section.