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ARTICLE 16

 

1.         Income derived by an individual who is a resident of a Contracting State as an entertainer such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television artiste, and a musician, or as an athlete, from his personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

Such income shall, however, be exempt from tax in that other Contracting State if such activities are exercised by an individual who is a resident of the first-mentioned Contracting State pursuant to a special programme for cultural exchange agreed upon between the Governments of the two Contracting States.

 

2.         Where income in respect of personal activities exercised in a Contracting State by an entertainer or an athlete in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or athlete himself but to another person who is a resident of the other Contracting State, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, be taxed in the first-mentioned Contracting State.

            Such income shall, however, be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned Contracting State if such activities are exercised pursuant to a special programme for cultural exchange agreed upon between the Governments of the two Contracting State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17

 

1.         (a)        Remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting

                         State or a local authoritythereof to an individual in respect of

                         services rendered to that Contracting State or local authority

                         thereof, in the discharge of functions of a governmental

                         nature shall be taxable only in that Contracting State:

            (b)        However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the

                         other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that

                         other Contracting State and the individual is a resident of the

                         other Contracting State who:

                         (i)         is a national of that other Contracting State; or

                         (ii)        did not become a resident of that other Contracting

                                      State solely for the purpose of rendering the services.

 

2.         (a)        Any pension paid by, or out of funds to which contributions

                         are made by,a Contracting State or a local authority thereof to

                         an individual in respect of services rendered to that

                         Contracting State or local authority thereof shall be taxable

                         only in that Contracting State.

            (b)        However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other

                         Contracting State if the individual is a resident of, and a

                         national of, that other Contracting State.

 

3.         The provisions of this Article shall not apply to remuneration or a pension in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 18

 

1.         An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting State at the beginning of a visit to the other Contracting State and who at the invitation of the Government of the other Contracting State, or of a recognized university, college, school or other educational institution in that other Contracting State, visits that other Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years for the purpose of teaching or engaging in research at such educational institution in that other Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax of that other Contracting State in respect of the remuneration for such teaching or research.

 

2.         The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income from teaching or research if such teaching or research is undertaken primarily for the private benefit of a specific person or persons.

 

 

ARTICLE 19

 

            An individual who, immediately before visiting a Contracting State, was a resident of the other Contracting State and whose visit to the first-mentioned Contracting State is solely for the purpose of:

            (a)        studying at a university or other recognized educational

                         institution; or

            (b)        securing training to qualify him to practise a profession or

                         trade; or

            (c)        studying or carrying out research as a recipient of a grant,

                         allowance or award from a governmental,

                         religious,charitable, scientific, literary or educational

                         organization;shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned

                         Contracting State on:

                         (i)         remittances from abroad for the purposes of his

                                      maintenance, education, study, research or training;

                         (ii)        the grant, allowance or award; and

                         (iii)       income from personal services rendered in that

                                      Contracting State for a period not exceeding five

                                     years, provided the income constitutes

                                     earningsnecessary for his maintenance and

                                     education.

 

 

ARTICLE 20

 

1.         Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.

 

2.         The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6 , if the recipient of such income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, items of income of a resident of a Contracting State not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention and arising in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011