Revenue Act, 1911

Amendment as to ownership of securities for the purpose of s. 71 (2) of the principal Act.

13. When the securities of a Foreign State or British Possession are held under any trust, and the person who is the beneficiary in possession under the trust is the sole beneficiary in possession and can, by means either of the revocation of the trust or of the exercise of any powers under the trust, call upon the trustees at any time to transfer the securities to him absolutely free from any trust, that person shall be deemed to be the person owning the securities for the purpose of subsection (2) of section seventy-one of the principal Act (which exempts from income tax under certain circumstances the interest and dividends of the securities of a foreign State or British Possession).