Section 237
Remission of tax
ActIn forceProvision 111 of 223
Section 237
(1)
The tax paid or payable by any Constituent Entity may be remitted wholly or in part—
(a)
on grounds of poverty, by the Director General; or
(b)
on grounds of justice and equity, by the Minister, and any tax so remitted shall not be regarded as tax payable for the purposes of any other provision of this Act.
(2)
Where a Constituent Entity granted remission under subsection (1) has paid any of the tax to which the remission relates, the Constituent Entity shall be entitled to have the amount which the Constituent Entity has paid refunded to it as if the amount were an overpayment to which section 223 applies.