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for non-payment of tax") by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph
(3)—
"(4) If a defaulting principal referred to in subparagraph (1) does not pay the penalty
referred to in subparagraph (1)(b) in full on the date on which the default has ceased,
interest, calculated at a rate to be fixed by the Minister by statutory instrument, shall be
payable on so much of the penalty as remains unpaid by the principal during the period
beginning on the date the default has ceased and ending on the date the penalty is paid in
full, and such interest shall be recoverable by the Commissioner by action in any court of
competent jurisdiction:
Provided that in special circumstances the Commissioner may extend the time for
payment of the penalty without charging interest.".
PART III
STAMP DUTIES
29 Amendment of Schedule to Chapter II of Cap. 23:04
With effect from the 1st January, 2006, the Schedule ("Stamp Duty on Instruments and
other Matters") to Chapter II of the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04] is amended
(a) in item 2 (1) by the deletion of "or sale";
(b) in item 3 by the deletion of "2 000 00" and the substitution of "10 000 00".
PART IV
VALUE ADDED TAX
Amendment of Chapter IV of Finance Act [Chapter 23:04]
30 Amendment of Schedule to Chapter IV of Cap. 23:04
With effect from the 1st January, 2006, Part I ("General Rate of Value Added Tax") of the
Schedule to Chapter IV of the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04] is amended⎯
(a) by the repeal of paragraph (d);
(b) by the deletion of "seventeen and a half per centum" and the substitution of "fifteen
per centum".
Amendments to Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12]
31 Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 23:12
Section 2 ("Interpretation") of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] is amended in
subsection (1) by the repeal of the definition of "motor vehicle".
32 Amendment of section 6 of Cap. 23:12
Section 6 ("Value-added tax") of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] is amended⎯
(a) in subsection (1) by the repeal of paragraph (d);
(b) in subsection (2) by the repeal of paragraph (d).
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