"foreign return of capital"
means any amount that is paid or payable by a foreign company in respect of any share in that foreign company where that amount is treated as a distribution or similar payment (other than an amount that constitutes a foreign dividend) by that foreign company for the purposes of the laws relating to—
| (a) | tax on income on companies of the country in which that foreign company has its place of effective management; or |
| (b) | companies of the country in which that foreign company is incorporated, formed or established, where that country in which that foreign company has its place of effective management does not have any applicable laws relating to tax on income, |
but does not include any amount so paid or payable to the extent that the amount so paid or payable—
| (i) | is deductible by that foreign company in the determination of any tax on income of companies of the country in which that foreign company has its place of effective management; or |
| (ii) | constitutes shares in that foreign company; |
[Definition substituted by section 2(1)(i) of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 22 of 2012) - effective 1 January 2011]