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Section 7: Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended
Status not yet checkedAct, 1964, and shall come into force on the first day of Aprl: ment and, Sierra Leone
(a) by the repeal and replacement of subsection (2 of Cap. 273.
thereof by the following new subsection
Amendmeut
of section 50
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within three months after the commencement of
such year of assessment to make a return of his
income for that year as provided in subscction (1)
shall within fourteen days after the expiration of
that period give notice to the Commissioner that
he is so chargeable:
Provided that any individual who arrives in
Sierra Leone during any year of assessment shall
give notice within one month of his arrival.":
(6) by the addition at the end thereof of the following
new subsection
(3) Every person liable to tax under section 23
shall submit to the Commissioner a statement of
the turnover of his trade, business, profession or
statutory declaration by
vocation verified by a
the taxpayer or some other person duly authorised
by him in that behalf.".
8, (1) Section 67 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and
Repeal and
replacement replaced by the following new section
of section 67
of Cap. 273. «Procedure in 67. (1) Immediately upon notice of objection being
cases where given in accordance with the provisions of subsec
objection or tion (2) of section 62 the taxpayer shall become liable
appeal is to pay one-half of the amount fixed by the disputed
pending. assessment.
(2) In the case of an objection which has not
been followed by an appeal the remaining one-half of
the said amount or any such amount as may be due
under an amended assessment shall become payable
three months after the date of the notice of objection,
unless the taxpayer shall, before the expiration of that
period, have furnished the Commissioner with all the
documents or other evidence called for by him in
connection with the objection:
Provided that in special circumstances the
Commissioner may refrain from enforcing payment of
the said remainíng one-half or any other such amount
as aforesaid if he is satisfied that the taxpayer has
through no fault of his own been unable to supply all
or any of such documents or evidence within that
period.
(3) The Commissioner shall determine the
amounts payable under subsections (1) and (2) and
cause notice thereof to be sent by registered post
to the taxpayer at his last known address and pay
ment of the amount due shall become enforceable
under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 72
seven days after the posting of any such notice.".
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