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Revenue and shall be computed on the reducing value of the asset, which shall be the original cost of the asset reduced by—
 * (i) any initial allowance granted in accordance with the provisions of this section; and
 * (ii) by the annual allowances made under the provisions of this section.

Provided that—
 * (i) where the asset was acquired before the basis period in respect of the year of assessment 1947/48 the value at the end of the basis period shall be computed by deducting from the amount paid for the asset by its present owner annual allowances as if this subsection had been in force during the whole period of ownership of the asset excluding any period during which the owner was deprived of the use of the asset by reason of enemy occupation.
 * (ii) the Commissioner may in his discretion allow a higher rate than that prescribed by the Board of Inland Revenue.

39. (1) Where, in or after the basis period for the year of assessment 1947/48, any of the following events occurs in the case of any machinery or plant in respect of which an initial allowance or an annual allowance has been made for any year of assessment to a person carrying on a trade, profession or business, that is to say, either—
 * (a) the machinery or plant is sold, whether while still in use or not; or
 * (b) the machinery or plant is destroyed; or
 * (c) the machinery or plant is put out of use as being worn out or obsolete or otherwise useless or no longer required,

and the event in question occurs before the trade, profession or business is permanently discontinued, an allowance charge, to be known as a “balancing allowance” or a “balancing charge,” shall in the circumstances mentioned in this section, be made to or, as the case may be, on that person for the year of assessment in his basis period for which that event occurs.