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Article 13 (Capital Gains) of the Convention shall be amended with effect from 1.4.2017, by

Article 13 (Capital Gains) of the Convention shall be amended with effect from 1.4.2017, by:

(i) inserting – new paragraphs 3A and 3B as follows:

“3A. Gains from the alienation of shares acquired on or after 1st April 2017 in a company which is resident of a Contracting State may be taxed in that State.

3B. However, the tax rate on the gains referred to in paragraph 3A of this Article and arising during the period beginning on 1st April, 2017 and ending on 31st March, 2019 shall not exceed 50% of the tax rate applicable on such gains in the State of residence of the company whose shares are being alienated”; and

(ii) replacing the existing paragraph 4 with the following:

“4. Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3A shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.”

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