{"id":354,"date":"2025-09-30T08:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsical-pyramid.localsite.io\/?p=354"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:16:03","slug":"bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investinasia.id\/education\/tax-treaty\/bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"document-body\">\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>AGREEMENT BETWEEN<br \/>\n                THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA<br \/>\n                AND<br \/>\n                THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE&#8217;S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              FOR<br \/>\n              <b>THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON<br \/>\n                INCOME<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 1<br \/>\n                PERSONAL SCOPE<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              This Agreement shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both or the Contracting States.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 2<br \/>\n                TAXES COVERED<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  This Agreement shall apply to taxes on income imposed by or on behalf of a Contracting State or<br \/>\n                  its local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  There shall be regarded as taxes on income, all taxes imposed on total income, or on elements of<br \/>\n                  income, including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                The existing taxes to which this Agreement shall apply are :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          in the case of Indonesia :<br \/>\n                          the income tax imposed under the Undang-Undang Pajak Penghasilan 1984 (Law Number 7 of<br \/>\n                          1983 as amended)<br \/>\n                          (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;Indonesian tax&#8221;).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          in the case of Bangladesh :<br \/>\n                          the income tax<br \/>\n                          (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;Bangladesh tax&#8221;);<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  This Agreement shall also apply to any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed<br \/>\n                  after the date of signature of this Agreement in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes.<br \/>\n                  The competent authorities of the Contracting State shall notify each other of any substantial<br \/>\n                  changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 3<br \/>\n                GENERAL DEFINITIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;Indonesia&#8221; means the territory of the Republic of Indonesia as defined in its<br \/>\n                          laws;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;Bangladesh&#8221; means all the territory of the People&#8217;s Republic of Bangladesh<br \/>\n                          including the part of the seabed and its sub-soil thereof, to the extent that the area in<br \/>\n                          accordance with international law has been or may hereafter be designated under Bangladesh<br \/>\n                          law as an area within which Bangladesh may exercise sovereign rights with respect to the<br \/>\n                          exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the seabed or its sub-soil;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the terms &#8220;a Contracting State&#8221; and &#8220;the other Contracting State&#8221; mean Indonesia or<br \/>\n                          Bangladesh as the context requires and the term &#8220;Contracting State&#8221; means Indonesia and<br \/>\n                          Bangladesh;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (d)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;tax&#8221; means any tax covered by Article 2 of this Agreement;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (e)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;person&#8221; includes an individual, a company and any other body of persons;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (f)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;company&#8221; means any body corporate or any entity which is treated as a body<br \/>\n                          corporate for tax purposes;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (g)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the terms &#8220;enterprise of a Contracting State&#8221; and &#8220;enterprise of the other Contracting<br \/>\n                          State&#8221; means respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State<br \/>\n                          and an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" rowspan=\"3\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (h)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;competent authority&#8221; means :<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (1)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        in the case of Indonesia, the Minister of Finance or his authorised representative.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (2)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        in the case of Bangladesh, the National Board or Revenue or its authorised representative;\n                      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (i)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;national&#8221; means all individuals possessing the nationality or citizenship of the<br \/>\n                          respective Contracting States and also any legal person, partnership and association<br \/>\n                          deriving their status as such from the laws in force in the respective Contracting States;\n                        <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (j)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the term &#8220;international traffic&#8221; means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an<br \/>\n                          enterprise which is a resident of a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is<br \/>\n                          operated solely between places in the other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  As regard the application of this Agreement by a Contracting State any term not otherwise defined<br \/>\n                  shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning which it has under the laws of that<br \/>\n                  Contracting State, relating to the taxes to which this Agreement applies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 4<br \/>\n                RESIDENT<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term &#8220;resident of a Contracting State&#8221; means any persons<br \/>\n                  who, under the laws of that Contracting State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile,<br \/>\n                  residence, place of management or any other criterion of a similar nature.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an individual is a resident of both Contracting<br \/>\n                  States, then his status shall be determined as follows :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          he shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State in which he has a permanent<br \/>\n                          home available to him; if he has a permanent home available to him in both Contracting<br \/>\n                          States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State with which his<br \/>\n                          personal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests);<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          if the Contracting State in which he has his centre of vital interests cannot be<br \/>\n                          determined, or if he has not a permanent home available to him in either Contracting<br \/>\n                          State, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State in which he has an<br \/>\n                          habitual abode;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          if he has an habitual abode in both Contracting States or in neither of them, he shall be<br \/>\n                          deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State of which he is a national;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (d)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          if he is a national of both Contracting States or of neither of them, the competent<br \/>\n                          authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where by reason of the provision of paragraph 1 a person other than individual is a resident of<br \/>\n                  both Contracting States, then it shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State in<br \/>\n                  which its place of effective management is situated.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 5<br \/>\n                PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term &#8220;permanent establishment&#8221; means a fixed place of<br \/>\n                  business through which the business of an enterprise of a Contracting State is wholly or partly<br \/>\n                  carried on in the other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                The term &#8220;permanent establishment&#8221; includes especially :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a place of management;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a branch;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          an office;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (d)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a factory;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (e)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a workshop;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (f)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a warehouse, in relation to a person providing storage facilities others;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (g)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a farm or plantation; and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (h)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction or exploitation of<br \/>\n                          natural resources, drilling or working ship.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;permanent establishment&#8221; likewise encompasses:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        a building site, a construction, assembly or installation project or supervisory activities<br \/>\n                        in connection therewith but only where such site, project or activities continue for a<br \/>\n                        period of more than 183 days;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the furnishing of services, including consultancy services by an enterprise through<br \/>\n                          employees or other personnel engaged by the enterprise for such purpose, but only where<br \/>\n                          activities of that nature continue (for the same or a connected project) within the<br \/>\n                          country for a period or periods aggregating more than 91 days within any twelve months<br \/>\n                          period.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, the term &#8220;permanent establishment&#8221; shall<br \/>\n                  be deemed not to include:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the use of facilities solely for the purpose of storage or display of goods or merchandise<br \/>\n                          belonging to the enterprise;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for<br \/>\n                          the purpose of storage or display;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for<br \/>\n                          the purpose of processing by another enterprise;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (d)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of purchasing goods or<br \/>\n                          merchandise or of collecting information for the enterprise;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (e)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of advertising, or for<br \/>\n                          the supply of information for scientific research or for similar activities which have a<br \/>\n                          preparatory or auxiliary character for the enterprise;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (f)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any combination of activities<br \/>\n                          mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) to (e) provided that the overall activity of the fixed<br \/>\n                          place of business resulting from this combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary<br \/>\n                          character.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person other than an agent of an<br \/>\n                  independent status to whom paragraph 6 applies is acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an<br \/>\n                  enterprise of the other Contracting State, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment in the first-mentioned Contracting State in respect of any activities which that<br \/>\n                  person undertakes for the enterprise if such person:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          has, and habitually exercises, in the first-mentioned Contracting State a general<br \/>\n                          authority to conclude contracts for or on behalf of the enterprise, unless his activities<br \/>\n                          are limited to the purchase of goods or merchandise for on or on behalf of the enterprise;<br \/>\n                          or<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          habitually maintains in the first-mentioned Contracting State a stock of goods or<br \/>\n                          merchandise belonging to the enterprise from which he regularly delivers goods or<br \/>\n                          merchandise for or on behalf of the enterprise; or<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          habitually secures orders for the sale of good or merchandise in the first-mentioned<br \/>\n                          Contracting State, wholly for the enterprise itself, or for the enterprise or other<br \/>\n                          enterprises which are controlled by it or have a controlling interest in it; or<br \/>\n                          manufactures or processes in that Contracting State for the enterprise goods or<br \/>\n                          merchandise belonging to the enterprise.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Contracting State merely<br \/>\n                  because it carries on business in that Contracting State through a broker, general commission<br \/>\n                  agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the<br \/>\n                  ordinary course of their business.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by a<br \/>\n                  company which is a resident of the other Contracting State, or which carries on business in that<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State (whether through a permanent establishment or otherwise), shall not of<br \/>\n                  itself constitute either company a permanent establishment of the other.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 6<br \/>\n                INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property (including income from<br \/>\n                  agriculture or forestry) situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other<br \/>\n                  Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;immovable property&#8221; shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting<br \/>\n                  State in which the property in question is situated. The term shall, in any case, include property<br \/>\n                  accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights<br \/>\n                  to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable<br \/>\n                  property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the<br \/>\n                  right to work, mineral deposits, sources, and other natural resources; ships, and aircrafts shall<br \/>\n                  not be regarded as immovable property.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in<br \/>\n                any other form of immovable property.<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from immovable property of an<br \/>\n                  enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of independent personal<br \/>\n                  services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 7<br \/>\n                BUSINESS PROFITS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that Contracting<br \/>\n                  State unless the enterprise carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment situated therein. If the enterprise carries on business as aforesaid, the profits of<br \/>\n                  the enterprise may be taxed in the other Contracting State but only so much of them as is<br \/>\n                  attributable to that permanent establishment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, where an enterprise of a Contracting State carries on<br \/>\n                  business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, there<br \/>\n                  shall in each Contracting State be attributed to that permanent establishment the profits which it<br \/>\n                  might be expected to make if it were a distinct and separate enterprise engaged in the same or<br \/>\n                  similar activities under the same or similar conditions and dealing wholly independently with the<br \/>\n                  enterprise of which it is a permanent establishment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  In determining the profits of a permanent establishment, there shall be allowed as deductions<br \/>\n                  expenses which are incurred for the purposes of the permanent establishment, including executive<br \/>\n                  and general administrative expenses so incurred, whether in the Contracting State in which the<br \/>\n                  permanent establishment is situated or elsewhere, but this does not include any expenses which<br \/>\n                  under the law of that Contracting State would not be allowed to be deducted by an enterprise of<br \/>\n                  that Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Insofar as it has been customary in a Contracting State to determine the profits to be attributed<br \/>\n                  to a permanent establishment on the basis of an apportionment of the total profits of the<br \/>\n                  enterprise to its various parts, nothing in paragraph 2 shall preclude that Contracting State from<br \/>\n                  determining the profits to be taxed by such an apportionment as may be customary; the method of<br \/>\n                  apportionment adopted shall, however, be such that the result shall be in accordance with the<br \/>\n                  principles laid down in this Article.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  No profits shall be attributed to a permanent establishment by reason of the mere purchase by that<br \/>\n                  permanent establishment of goods or merchandise for the enterprise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  For the purpose of the preceding paragraphs, the profits to be attributed to the permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment shall be determined by the same method year by year unless there is good and<br \/>\n                  sufficient reason to the contrary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                Where profits include items of income which are dealt with separately in other Articles of this<br \/>\n                Agreement, the provisions of those Articles shall not be affected by the provisions of this Article.\n              <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 8<br \/>\n                SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                Income of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of aircraft in international<br \/>\n                traffic shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Income of an enterprise of a Contracting State derived from the other Contracting State from the<br \/>\n                  operation of ships in international traffic may be taxed in that other Contracting State, but the<br \/>\n                  tax chargeable in that other Contracting State on such income shall be reduced by an amount equal<br \/>\n                  to fifty per cent of such tax.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply to profits derived from the participation in a<br \/>\n                pool, a joint business or an international operating agency.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 9<br \/>\n                ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                Where<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          an enterprise of a Contracting State participates directly or indirectly in the<br \/>\n                          management, control or capital of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, or<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital<br \/>\n                          of an enterprise a Contracting State and an enterprise of the other Contracting State,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"justify\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          and in either case conditions are made or imposed between the two enterprises in their<br \/>\n                          commercial or financial relations which differ from those which would be made between<br \/>\n                          independent enterprises, then any profits which would, but for those conditions, have<br \/>\n                          accrued to one of the enterprises, but, by reason of those conditions have not so accrued,<br \/>\n                          may be included in the profits of that enterprise and taxed accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where a Contracting State includes in the profits of an enterprise of that Contracting State and<br \/>\n                  taxed accordingly profits on which an enterprise of the other Contracting State has been charged<br \/>\n                  to tax in that other Contracting State and the profits so included are profits which would have<br \/>\n                  accrued to the enterprise of the first-mentioned Contracting State if the conditions made between<br \/>\n                  the two enterprises had been those which would made between independent enterprises, then that<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State shall make an appropriate adjustment to the amount of the tax charged<br \/>\n                  therein on those profits. In determining such adjustment, due regard shall be had to the other<br \/>\n                  provisions of this Agreement and the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall, if<br \/>\n                  necessary, consult each other.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 10<br \/>\n                DIVIDENDS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other<br \/>\n                  Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  However, such dividends may also be taxed in Contracting State of which the company paying the<br \/>\n                  dividends is a resident and according to the laws of that Contracting State, but if the recipient<br \/>\n                  is the beneficial owner of the dividends the tax so charged shall not exceed :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 29px; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          10 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends if the beneficial owner is a company<br \/>\n                          which holds directly at least 10 per cent of the capital of the company paying the<br \/>\n                          dividends;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 29px; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          15 per cent of gross amount of the dividends in all other cases.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        This paragraph shall not effect the taxation of the company in respect of the profits out of<br \/>\n                        which the dividends are paid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;dividends&#8221; as used in this Article means income from shares, mining shares, founder&#8217;s<br \/>\n                  shares, or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating in profits, as well as income from<br \/>\n                  other corporate rights which is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from shares by<br \/>\n                  the laws of the Contracting State of which the company making the distribution is a resident.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends,<br \/>\n                  being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State of<br \/>\n                  which the company paying the dividends is a resident, through a permanent establishment situated<br \/>\n                  therein, or perform in that other Contracting State independent personal services from a fixed<br \/>\n                  base situated therein, and the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively<br \/>\n                  connected with such a permanent establishment or fixed base. In such a case, the provisions of<br \/>\n                  Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives profits or income from the<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State, that other Contracting State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid<br \/>\n                  by the company, except insofar as such dividends are paid to a resident of that other Contracting<br \/>\n                  State or insofar as the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively<br \/>\n                  connected with a permanent establishment or a fixed base situated in that other Contracting State,<br \/>\n                  nor subject the company&#8217;s undistributed profits to a tax on the company&#8217;s undistributed profits,<br \/>\n                  even if the dividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or<br \/>\n                  income arising in such other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 11<br \/>\n                INTEREST<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                Interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be<br \/>\n                taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  However, such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises and according<br \/>\n                  to the laws of the Contracting State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest<br \/>\n                  the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, interest arising in a Contracting State and derived<br \/>\n                  by Government of the other Contracting State including local authorities thereof, a political<br \/>\n                  subdivision, the Central Bank or any financial institution controlled by that Government, the<br \/>\n                  capital of which is wholly owned by the Government of the other Contracting State as mat agreed<br \/>\n                  upon from time to time between the competent authorities of the Contracting State shall be exempt<br \/>\n                  from tax in the first-mentioned Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;interest&#8221; as used in this Article means income from debt-claims of every kind, whether<br \/>\n                  or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtor&#8217;s<br \/>\n                  profits, and in particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or debentures,<br \/>\n                  including premiums and prizes attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures. Penalty charges<br \/>\n                  for late payment shall not be regarded as interest for the purpose of this Article.T<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraph 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the interest,<br \/>\n                  being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in<br \/>\n                  which the interest arises, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or perform in that<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the<br \/>\n                  debt-claim in respect of which the interest is paid is effectively connected with such permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case<br \/>\n                  may be, shall apply.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that Contracting State<br \/>\n                  itself, a local authority or a resident of that Contracting State. Where, however, the person<br \/>\n                  paying the interest, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting<br \/>\n                  State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the indebtedness on which<br \/>\n                  the interest is paid incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed<br \/>\n                  base, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment or fixed base is situated.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between<br \/>\n                  both of them and some other persons, the amount of the interest, having regard to the debt-claim<br \/>\n                  for which it is paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the<br \/>\n                  beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply<br \/>\n                  only to the last mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payment shall remain<br \/>\n                  taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other<br \/>\n                  provisions of this Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 12<br \/>\n                ROYALTIES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may<br \/>\n                be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise and<br \/>\n                  according to the laws of that Contracting State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of<br \/>\n                  the royalties the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the<br \/>\n                  royalties.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;royalties&#8221; as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a<br \/>\n                  consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or<br \/>\n                  scientific work including cinematograph films, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan,<br \/>\n                  secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial, or<br \/>\n                  scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific<br \/>\n                  experience.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties,<br \/>\n                  being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in<br \/>\n                  which the royalties arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the<br \/>\n                  right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such<br \/>\n                  permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as<br \/>\n                  the case may be, shall apply.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that Contracting State<br \/>\n                  itself, a local authority or a resident of that Contracting State. Where, however, the person<br \/>\n                  paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting<br \/>\n                  State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the<br \/>\n                  royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base<br \/>\n                  then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment or fixed base is situated.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between<br \/>\n                  both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, having regard to the use, right<br \/>\n                  or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by<br \/>\n                  the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this<br \/>\n                  Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the<br \/>\n                  payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being<br \/>\n                  had to the other provisions of this Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 13<br \/>\n                CAPITAL GAINS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Capital gains from the alienation of immovable property, as defined in paragraph 2 of the Article<br \/>\n                  6 or from the alienation of shares in a company the assets of which consist principally of<br \/>\n                  immovable property may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Capital gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a<br \/>\n                  permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting<br \/>\n                  State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting<br \/>\n                  State in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing independent personal services,<br \/>\n                  including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the<br \/>\n                  whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Capital gains from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic or<br \/>\n                  movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft shall be taxable only in<br \/>\n                  the Contracting State of which the enterprise is resident.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Capital gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2<br \/>\n                  and 3, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 14<br \/>\n                INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other<br \/>\n                  activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that Contracting State. However,<br \/>\n                  in the following circumstances such income may be taxed in the other Contracting State:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          if he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the<br \/>\n                          purpose of performing his activities; in that case, only so much of the income as is<br \/>\n                          attributable to that fixed base may be taxed in the other Contracting State; or<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or periods amounting to or<br \/>\n                          exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in the fiscal year concerned; in that case only; so<br \/>\n                          much of the income as is derived from his activities performed in that other Contracting<br \/>\n                          State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The term &#8220;professional services&#8221; includes, especially, independent scientific, literary, artistic,<br \/>\n                  educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, surgeons,<br \/>\n                  lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 15<br \/>\n                DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21 salaries, wages and other similar<br \/>\n                  remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be<br \/>\n                  taxable only in that Contracting State unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting<br \/>\n                  State. If the employment is so exercised, such remuneration as is derived there from may be taxed<br \/>\n                  in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting<br \/>\n                  State in respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be taxable only<br \/>\n                  in the first-mentioned Contracting State if:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the recipient is present in the other Contracting State for a period, or periods not<br \/>\n                          exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in the taxable year concerned; and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the remuneration is paid by or on behalf of an employer who is not a resident of the other<br \/>\n                          Contracting State; and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed base which the<br \/>\n                          employer has in the other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration in respect of an employment<br \/>\n                  exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic by an enterprise of a<br \/>\n                  Contracting State shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 16<br \/>\n                DIRECTOR&#8217;S FEES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Director&#8217;s fees and other similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting State in his<br \/>\n                  capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or any other similar organ of a company which is a<br \/>\n                  resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The remuneration which a person to whom paragraph 1 applies derived from the company in respect of<br \/>\n                  the discharge of day-to-day functions of a managerial or technical nature may be taxed in<br \/>\n                  accordance with the provisions of Article 15.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 17<br \/>\n                ARTISTES AND ATHLETES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15, income derived by a resident of a<br \/>\n                  Contracting State as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television<br \/>\n                  artist, or a musician, or as an athlete, from his personal activities as such exercised in the<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or an athlete in his<br \/>\n                  capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or athlete himself but to another person, that<br \/>\n                  income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting<br \/>\n                  State in which the activities of the entertainer or athlete are exercised.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to services of entertainers<br \/>\n                  and athlete if their visit to a Contracting State is supported wholly or substantially from public<br \/>\n                  funds of the other Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 18<br \/>\n                PENSIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-pleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n              Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, pensions and other similar remuneration paid<br \/>\n              to a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of past employment shall be taxable only in that<br \/>\n              Contracting State.<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 19<br \/>\n                GOVERNMENT SERVICE<\/b><\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" rowspan=\"4\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    1.<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      Remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting State or a local authority thereof<br \/>\n                      to an individual in respect of services rendered to that Contracting State or local authority<br \/>\n                      shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" rowspan=\"3\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (b) &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the<br \/>\n                      services are rendered in that Contracting State and the individual is a resident of that<br \/>\n                      Contracting State who:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (i)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    is a national of that Contracting State; or<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (ii)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    did not become a resident of that Contracting State solely for the purpose of rendering the<br \/>\n                    services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" rowspan=\"2\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting State or a local authority<br \/>\n                      thereof to an individual in respect of services rendered to that Contracting State or local<br \/>\n                      authority shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the individual is<br \/>\n                    a resident of, and a national of that Contracting State.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    3.<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"3\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      The provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18 shall apply to remuneration and pensions in respect<br \/>\n                      of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State or a<br \/>\n                      local authority thereof.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 20<br \/>\n                TEACHERS<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-pleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n              An individual who is or was a resident of a Contracting State immediately before making a visit to the<br \/>\n              other Contracting State, and who, at the invitation of any university, college, school or other<br \/>\n              similar educational institution, which is recognized by the concerned authority in that other<br \/>\n              Contracting State visits that other Contracting State for a period not exceeding two consecutive years<br \/>\n              solely for the purpose of teaching or research or both at such educational institution shall be exempt<br \/>\n              from tax in that other Contracting State on his remuneration for such teaching or research.<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 21<br \/>\n                STUDENTS AND APPRENTICES<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  An individual who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State and who is present in the first-mentioned Contracting State solely as a<br \/>\n                  student at a recognized university, college, school or other similar recognized educational<br \/>\n                  institution in the first-mentioned Contracting State or as a business or technical apprentice<br \/>\n                  therein, for a period not exceeding five years from the date of his first arrival in the<br \/>\n                  first-mentioned Contracting State in connection with that visit, shall be exempt from tax in that<br \/>\n                  first-mentioned Contracting State on:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 32px; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          all remittances form abroad for the purposes of his maintenance, education or training;<br \/>\n                          and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 32px; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          any remuneration for personal services rendered in the first-mentioned Contracting State<br \/>\n                          with a view to supplementing the resources available to him for such purposes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  An individual who was a resident of a Contracting State immediately before visiting the other<br \/>\n                  Contracting State and is temporarily present in that other Contracting State solely for the<br \/>\n                  purpose of study, research or training as a recipient of a grant, allowance or award from a<br \/>\n                  scientific, educational, religious or charitable organization or under a technical assistance<br \/>\n                  programme entered into by the Government of a Contracting State shall, from the date of his first<br \/>\n                  arrival in that other Contracting State in connection with that visit, be exempt from tax in that<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State:<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          on the amount of such grant, allowance or award; and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          on all remittances from abroad for the purposes of his maintenance, education of training.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  &nbsp;<br \/>\n                  <b>Article 22<br \/>\n                    OTHER INCOME<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Items of income of a residence of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not dealt with in the<br \/>\n                  forgoing Articles of this Agreement, other than income in the form of lotteries, prizes shall be<br \/>\n                  taxable in that Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable property<br \/>\n                  as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, if the recipient of such income, being a resident of a<br \/>\n                  Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent<br \/>\n                  establishment situated therein, or performs in that other Contracting State independent personal<br \/>\n                  services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the<br \/>\n                  income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such<br \/>\n                  case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 23<br \/>\n                METHOD FOR ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-pleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n              Where a resident of a Contracting State derives income from the other Contracting State, the amount of<br \/>\n              tax on that income payable in that other Contracting State in accordance with the provisions of this<br \/>\n              Agreement, may be credited against the tax levied in the first-mentioned Contracting State imposed on<br \/>\n              that resident. The amount of credit, however, shall not exceed the amount of the tax in the<br \/>\n              first-mentioned Contracting State on that income computed in accordance with its taxation laws and<br \/>\n              regulations.<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 24<br \/>\n                NON-DISCRIMINATION<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any<br \/>\n                  taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the<br \/>\n                  taxation and connected requirements to which national of that other Contracting State in the same<br \/>\n                  circumstances are or may be subjected. This provision shall, notwithstanding the provisions of<br \/>\n                  Article 1, also apply to persons who are not residents of one or both of Contracting States.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the<br \/>\n                  other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other Contracting State than<br \/>\n                  the taxation levied on enterprises of that other Contracting State carrying on the same<br \/>\n                  activities. This provision shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting State to grant to<br \/>\n                  residents of the other Contracting State any personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for<br \/>\n                  taxation purposes on account of civil status or family responsibilities which it grants to its own<br \/>\n                  residents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Except where the provisions of Article 9, paragraph 7 of Article 11. or paragraph 6 of Article 12,<br \/>\n                  apply, interest, royalties and other disbursements paid by an enterprise of a Contracting State to<br \/>\n                  a resident of the other Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable<br \/>\n                  profits of such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been paid to a<br \/>\n                  resident of the first-mentioned Contracting State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled,<br \/>\n                  directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be<br \/>\n                  subjected in the first-mentioned Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected<br \/>\n                  therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which<br \/>\n                  other similar enterprises of the first-mentioned Contracting State are or may be subjected.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                In this Article the term &#8220;taxation&#8221; which are the subject of this Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 25<br \/>\n                MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Where a person considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting States result or will<br \/>\n                  result for him in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, he may<br \/>\n                  irrespective of the remedies provided by the domestic law of those Contracting States, present his<br \/>\n                  case to the competent authority of the Contracting State of which he is a resident or if his case<br \/>\n                  comes under paragraph 1 of Article 24, to that of the Contracting State of which he is a national.<br \/>\n                  The case must be presented within three years from the first notification of the action resulting<br \/>\n                  in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if it<br \/>\n                  is not itself able to arrive at a satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement<br \/>\n                  with the competent authority of the other Contracting State, with a view to the avoidance of<br \/>\n                  taxation which is not in accordance with this Agreement. Any agreement reached shall be<br \/>\n                  implemented notwithstanding any time limit in the domestic law of the Contracting States.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement<br \/>\n                  any difficulties or doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of this Agreement. They<br \/>\n                  may also consult together for the elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in this<br \/>\n                  Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  The competent authorities of the Contracting States may communicate with each other directly for<br \/>\n                  the purpose of reaching an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs. When it seems<br \/>\n                  advisable in order to reach agreement to have an oral exchange of opinions, such exchange may take<br \/>\n                  place through a Commission consisting of representatives of the competent authorities of the<br \/>\n                  Contracting States.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 26<br \/>\n                EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange such information as is necessary<br \/>\n                  for carrying out the provisions of this Agreement or of the domestic laws of the Contracting<br \/>\n                  States concerning taxes covered by this Agreement in so far as the taxation there under is not<br \/>\n                  contrary to this Agreement. The exchange of information is not restricted by Article 1. Any<br \/>\n                  information received by a Contracting State shall be treated as secret in the same manner as<br \/>\n                  information obtained under the domestic laws of that Contracting State and shall be disclosed only<br \/>\n                  to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) involved in the assessment<br \/>\n                  or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of or the determination of appeals in<br \/>\n                  relation to, the taxes covered by this Agreement, such persons or authorities shall use the<br \/>\n                  information only for such purposes. They may disclose the information in public court proceedings<br \/>\n                  or in judicial decisions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State<br \/>\n                the obligation :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and administrative practice<br \/>\n                          of that or of the other Contracting State;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          to supply information which is not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of<br \/>\n                          the administration of that or the other Contracting State;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"36\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (c)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or<br \/>\n                          professional secret or trade process, or information, the disclosure of which would be<br \/>\n                          contrary to public policy.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 27<br \/>\n                DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND CONSULAR OFFICERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the fiscal privileges of diplomatic agents or consular officers<br \/>\n              under the general rules of international law or under the provisions of special agreements.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 28<br \/>\n                ENTRY INTO FORCE<\/b><\/p>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  Each of the Contracting States shall notify to the other the completion of the procedures required<br \/>\n                  by its law for the bringing into force of this Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the latter of the notifications referred to<br \/>\n                  in paragraph 1 and its provisions shall have effect :<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" rowspan=\"3\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (a) &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                        in Indonesia :<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (i)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          in respect of tax withheld at the source to income derived on or after 1 January in the<br \/>\n                          year next following that in which this Agreement enters into force; and<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (ii)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          in respect of other tax on income, for taxable year beginning on or after 1 January in the<br \/>\n                          year next following that in which this Agreement enters into force.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                        (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                          in Bangladesh : in respect of taxes, for any year of assessment beginning on or after 01<br \/>\n                          July in the calendar year next following that in which this Agreement enters into force.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>Article 29<br \/>\n                TERMINATION<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-pleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n              This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State. Either Contracting State<br \/>\n              may terminate this Agreement, through diplomatic channels, by giving written notice of termination on<br \/>\n              or before the thirtieth day of June of any calendar year after a period of five years from the year in<br \/>\n              which this Agreement enters into force. In such case, this Agreement ceases to have effect:<\/div>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\" valign=\"top\" rowspan=\"3\" colspan=\"1\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (a) &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    in Indonesia :<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"37\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (i)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                    in respect of tax withheld at source to income derived on or after 01 January in the year next<br \/>\n                    following that in which the notice of termination is given;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"37\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (ii)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      in respect of other taxes on income, for taxable year beginning on or after 01 January in the<br \/>\n                      year next following that in which the notice of termination is given.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\" valign=\"top\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                    (b)<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" colspan=\"2\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      in Bangladesh, in respect of taxes, for any year of assessment beginning on or after 01 July<br \/>\n                      in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have<br \/>\n              signed this Agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              DONE in duplicate at Dhaka this day of June 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2003, in the English language.<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF<br \/>\n                      THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA<br \/>\n                      ttd.<br \/>\n                      Rini M Sumarno Soewandi<br \/>\n                      Minister for Industry and Trade<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF<br \/>\n                      THE PEOPLE&#8217;S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH<br \/>\n                      ttd.<br \/>\n                      Md. Saifur Rahman<br \/>\n                      Minister<br \/>\n                      Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              <b>PROTOCOL<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-pleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n              At the signing of this Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the<br \/>\n              Government of the People&#8217;s Republic of Bangladesh for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the<br \/>\n              Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income the undersigned have agreed upon the<br \/>\n              following provisions which shall form an integral part of this Agreement:<\/div>\n<ol data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  With reference to Article 7 :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement where a company which is a resident of a<br \/>\n                  Contracting State has a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State, the profits of the<br \/>\n                  permanent establishment may be subjected to an additional tax in that other Contracting State in<br \/>\n                  accordance with its law, but the additional tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the<br \/>\n                  amount of such profits after deducting therefrom income tax and other taxes on income imposed<br \/>\n                  thereon in that other Contracting State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n<p align=\"justify\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                  With reference to Article 7 :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n                  The provision of paragraph 1 shall not affect the provisions contained in any production sharing<br \/>\n                  contract and contract of work (or any other similar contracts) relating to oil and gas sector<br \/>\n                  concluded by the Government of a Contracting State, its instrumentality, its relevant state oil<br \/>\n                  and gas company or any other entity thereof with a person who is a resident of the other<br \/>\n                  Contracting State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized thereof, have signed this Protocol.<\/p>\n<p data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n              DONE in duplicate at Dhaka this day of June 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2003 in the English language.<\/p>\n<table class=\"verdana85pt\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF<br \/>\n                      THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA<br \/>\n                      ttd.<br \/>\n                      Rini M Sumarno Soewandi<br \/>\n                      Minister for Industry and Trade<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\">\n<p align=\"center\" data-asw-orgfontsize=\"14\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\n                      FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF<br \/>\n                      THE PEOPLE&#8217;S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH<br \/>\n                      ttd.<br \/>\n                      Md. 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