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ARTICLE 21

Students and Trainees

(1) Payments which a student, apprentice, or business trainee 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 his education or training receives for the purpose of his maintenance, education, or training shall not be taxed in that State, provided that such payments arise from sources outside that State.

(2) An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States at the time he becomes temporarily present in the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in the other State as an employee of, or under contract with, a resident of the first-mentioned State, or as a participant in a programme sponsored by the Government of the other State or by any international organization for the primary purpose of

  • (a) acquiring technical, professional, or business experience from a person other than that resident of the first-mentioned State or other than a person related to such resident; or
  • (b) studying at a university or other recognized educational institution in that other State,

shall be exempt from tax in that other State for a period not exceeding one year with respect to his income from employment.