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Finance (No. 2) Act, 1959

PART III.

General Amendments.

Personal allowance.

15.(1) Subsection (1) of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1920, is hereby amended by the substitution of “a deduction of three hundred and ninety-four pounds” for “a deduction of three hundred and ten pounds” and the substitution of “a deduction of two hundred and thirty-four pounds” for “a deduc tion of one hundred and fifty pounds”.

(2) Where, but for this subsection, the claimant would be entitled to a deduction of two hundred and thirty-four pounds under subsection (1) of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1920, then, if the claimant proves that in the year of assessment he or she is a widower or a widow, the claimant shall be entitled to a deduction of two hundred and fiftynine pounds in lieu of the said deduction of two hundred and thirty-four pounds.

(3) Subsection (2) of, section 18 of the Finance Act, 1920, is hereby amended by the substitution of “three-fourths” for “nine-tenths”.