INCOME TAX ACT 1967 (ACT 53)
PART III - ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME
Chapter 8-Special cases




Section 65. Settlements.




(1) Subject to this section, where-

the income or assets shall be deemed to be income of the settlor and not income of any other person.

(2) Subject to this section, if and so long as the terms of any settlement are such that-

all income arising under the settlement from the property comprised in the settlement shall be deemed to be income of the settlor and, subject to subsection 45 (2), not income of any other person:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply by reason only of the fact that the settlor or a wife or husband of the settlor will or may become beneficially entitled to any income or property relating to the interest of any beneficiary under the settlement in the event of that beneficiary predeceasing him or her, as the case may be.

(3) Subject to this section, where in the basis year for any year of assessment the settlor in relation to a settlement or any relative of the settlor or any company with respect to which the settlor or any of his relatives has control makes use for his or its own purposes, whether by borrowing or otherwise, of any income arising or of any accumulated income which has arisen under the settlement (being income to which he or it is not entitled thereunder), the amount of that income or accumulated income so made use of shall be deemed to be income of the settlor for that basis year and not the income of any other person; and, where any other person is or was beneficially entitled to that income, there shall be made to that other person such repayments of any tax paid by him in respect of that income as are made necessary by the operation of this subsection.

(4) Where, in relation to any settlement to which this section applies, in consequence of any provision of this section (and, where applicable, any other provision of this Act) any tax is charged on or paid by the settlor, he shall be entitled to recover from any trustee of the settlement in receipt of income arising whether directly or indirectly by virtue or in consequence of the settlement (or from any person in receipt of any such income which is deemed to be income of the settlor under this section) the amount of the tax so paid by him, and for that purposes to require the Director General to furnish a certificate specifying the amount of tax so paid; and any certificate so furnished shall be conclusive evidence of the facts appearing therein.

(5) Where any income or assets representing income are deemed to be income of the settlor and not income of any other person under the foregoing subsections, then, subject to subsection (6)-

and in any case, the income so deemed to be that of the settlor shall be deemed to be derived from such place and source as the Director General having regard to all the circumstances may direct and to be statutory income of the settlor.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), in any case to which subsection (2) applies in relation to a settlement, the statutory income from each source of the trust body of the trust the subject of the settlement shall be deemed to be statutory income of the settlor and to be derived from such place and source of the settlor as the Director General having regard to all the circumstances may direct.

(7) If any question arises as to the amount of any payment of income or as to any apportionment of income or of statutory income under this section, that question shall be determined by the Director General and no appeal shall lie from his decision.

(8) This section shall apply to every settlement wherever it was made or entered into and whether it was made or entered into before or after the commencement of this Act.

(9) In the case of any settlement where there are two or more settlors, this section shall have effect in relation to each settlor as if he were the only settlor and in any such case-

(10) In this section any reference to property comprised in a settlement includes a reference to property representing property so comprised and any reference to property representing other property includes a reference to property representing accumulated income from that other property.

(11) In this section-

"relative" means a child of the settlor (including a step-child of the settlor and a child of whom the settlor has the custody or whom he maintains wholly or partly at his own expense), a child adopted by the settlor or the husband or wife of the settlor in accordance with any law, and any person who is a wife, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or cousin of the settlor;

"settlement" includes any disposition, trust, covenant, arrangement or agreement and any transfer of assets or income, but does not include-

"settlor", in relation to a settlement, includes any person by whom the settlement was made or entered into directly or indirectly, and any person who was provided or undertaken to provide funds or credit directly or indirectly for the purpose of the settlement or has made with any other person a reciprocal arrangement for that other person to make or enter into the settlement.



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