Article 3 - General Definitions - Armenia

ARTICLE 3 GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) the term India means territory of India and includes the territorial sea and air space above it, as well as any other maritime zone in which India has sovereign rights, other rights and jurisdiction, according to the Indian law and in accordance with international law, including the U.N. Agreement on the Law of the Sea; (b) the term Armenia means the Republic of Armenia; (c) the terms a Contracting State and the other Contracting State mean the Republic of India or the Republic of Armenia as the context requires; (d) the term person includes an individual, a company, a body of persons and any other entity which is treated as a taxable unit under the taxation laws in force in the respective Contracting States; (e) the term company means any body corporate or any entity that is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes; (f) the term enterprise applies to the carrying on of any business; (g) the terms enterprise of a Contracting State and enterprise of the other Contracting State mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State; (h) the term international traffic means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise of a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in the other Contracting State; (i) the term competent authority means: (i) in India the Central Government in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) or its authorised representatives; (ii) in Armenia the Ministry of Finance and Economy or his authorised representatives or State Tax Service at the Government or its authorised representatives; (j) the term national , in relation to a Contracting State means: (i) any individual possessing the nationality or citizenship of that Contracting State; and (ii) any legal person, partnership or association deriving its status as such from the laws in force in that Contracting State; (k) the term tax means Indian tax or Armenia tax, as the context requires, but shall not include any amount which is payable in respect of any default or omission in relation to the taxes to which this Convention applies or which represents a penalty or fine imposed relating to those taxes; (l) the term fiscal year means: (i) in the case of India: the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April; (ii) in the case of Armenia: calendar year. 2. As regards the application of the Convention at any time by a Contracting State, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning that it has at that time under the law of that State for the purposes of the taxes to which the Convention applies, any meaning under the applicable tax laws of that State prevailing over a meaning given to the term under other laws of that State.