7. Charge of tax

Terms defined in s 2

• chargeable profits

  chargeable profits

  Defined · s 2

  “chargeable profits” means profits ascertained in accordance with the provisions of section 8 or 10A;

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• company

  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;

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• petroleum operations

  petroleum operations

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  “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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• year of assessment

  year of assessment

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  “year of assessment” means the period of 12 months commencing on the 1st day of January 1963, and each subsequent period of 12 months.

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