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ARTICLE 20

Professors, Teachers and Research Scholars

(1) Remuneration which an individual, who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State, a resident of the other Contracting State and who is present in the first- mentioned State for the purpose of teaching, giving lectures, or engaging in research at a University, college, school, scientific research institution or any other similar institution recognized by the Government of the first-mentioned State, for such teaching, lectures or research shall not be taxed in the first-mentioned State, for a period of one year from the date of his first arrival in the first-mentioned State.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to income from research carried out primarily for the benefit of a private person or persons and not for public interest.

(3) For the purposes of this Article, an individual shall be deemed to be a resident of a Contracting State if he is resident in that State in the fiscal year in which he visits the other Contracting State or in the immediately preceding fiscal year.