Income Tax (Petroleum) Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Returns
20. Collector may call for further returns
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Collector may give notice in writing to any company which is or has been engaged in petroleum operations when and as often as he thinks necessary requiring it to furnish within a reasonable time limited by such
Collector
“Collector” means the Collector of Income Tax appointed under section 3 and includes for all purposes of this Act, except the powers conferred on the Collector by sections 38, 39 and 42, a Deputy Collector so appointed;
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petroleum
“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition and casing-head petroleum spirit but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;
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notice fuller or further returns respecting any matter as to which a return is required by or under this Act.
Terms defined in s 2
Collector
Defined · s 2“Collector” means the Collector of Income Tax appointed under section 3 and includes for all purposes of this Act, except the powers conferred on the Collector by sections 38, 39 and 42, a Deputy Collector so appointed;
company
Defined · s 2“company” means a company incorporated or registered in Brunei Darussalam under the Companies Act or under any law in force elsewhere, but does not include the company acting as a State Party in a petroleum mining Agreement in accordance with the Petroleum Mining Act;
petroleum
Defined · s 2“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition and casing-head petroleum spirit but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;
petroleum operations
Defined · s 2“petroleum operations” means searching for and winning or obtaining of petroleum in Brunei Darussalam by or on behalf of a company for its own account by any method or means in the course of a business carried on by a company engaged in such operations, and all operations incidental thereto, and the sale or disposal by such company or any other company carrying on business through a permanent establishment in Brunei Darussalam of petroleum so won or obtained, and includes the transportation within Brunei Darussalam by such companies of petroleum so won or obtained to any point of sale or delivery or export and any field process necessary to reduce petroleum so won or obtained to a marketable condition, but does not include — (a) any transportation of petroleum outside Brunei Darussalam; (b) any process of refining at a refinery; or (c) any dealings with products so refined;
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