Finance Act, 1949

PART III.

Death Duties.

Amendment of section 2 of the Finance Act, 1894.

18.—Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Finance Act, 1894 (being the paragraph inserted in that subsection by subsection (1) of section 32 of the Finance Act, 1924 (No. 27 of 1924)) is hereby amended by the insertion after the words “at least three years before the death of the deceased,” of the words “or, in the case of a gift for public or charitable purposes, at least one year before the death of the deceased,”.