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ARTICLE 20
Students and Apprentices
(1) An individual who, immediately before visiting a Contracting State, was a resident of the other Contracting State and whose visit to the first-mentioned Contracting State is solely for the purpose of:
- (a) studying at a university or other recognized educational institution; or
- (b) securing training to qualify him to practice a profession or trade; or
- (c) studying or carrying out research as a recipient of a grant, allowance or award from a governmental, religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational organization;
shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned State on:
- (i) remittances from abroad for the purposes of his maintenance, education, study, research or training;
- (ii) the grant, allowance or award; and
(2) In respect of income from personal services, a student or business apprentice as described in paragraph 1 shall be entitled during such education or training, to the same exemptions reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes applicable to the residents of the State which he is visiting.