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....ate, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent of the gross amount of the interest. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), (a) interest arising in a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that State provided it is derived and beneficially owned by : (i)  the Government, a political sub-di....

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....e in charge of public financing of external trade; (iv) any other person provided that the loan or credit is approved by the Government of the first-mentioned Contracting State. 4. The term interest as used in this Article means income from debt-claims of every kind, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtors profits, and in part....

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....of Article 7 or Article 16, as the case may be, shall apply. 6. Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that Contracting State itself, a political sub-division, an administrative territorial unit, a local authority or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contr....