Finance Act, 1959

Short title, construction and commencement.

82.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1959.

(2) Parts I and IV of this Act and the First Schedule thereto shall be construed together with the Income Tax Acts.

(3) Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to duties of customs, shall be construed together with the Customs Acts and, so far as it relates to duties of excise, shall be construed together with the Statutes which relate to the duties of excise and the management of those duties.

(4) Parts V and VI of this Act shall, so far as they relate to income tax (including sur-tax), be construed together with the Income Tax Acts and shall, so far as they relate to corporation profits tax, be construed together with Part V of the Finance Act, 1920 , and the enactments amending or extending that Part.

(5) Part VII of this Act shall be construed together with the Stamp Act, 1891, and the enactments amending or extending that Act.

(6) Parts I and IV of this Act and the First and Second Schedules thereto shall be deemed to come into foree and shall take effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1959.

(7) Part V of this Act shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1960.

(8) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.