Article 3 - General Definitions - Czech Republic

ARTICLE 3 GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) the term India means the territory of India and includes the territorial sea and airspace 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 the international law, including the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea; (b) the term the Czech Republic means the territory of the Czech Republic over which, under Czech Legislation and in accordance with international law, the sovereign rights of the Czech Republic are exercised; (c) 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; (d) the term company means anybody corporate or any entity which is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes; (e) 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; (f) the term international traffic means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise which is a resident of a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in the other Contracting State; (g) the term competent authority means: (i) in India: The Central Government in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) or their authorised representative; (ii) in the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Finance or his authorised representative; (h) the term national means: (i) any individual possessing the nationality of a Contracting State; (ii) any legal person, partnership or association deriving its status as such from the laws in force in a Contracting State; (i) the term fiscal year means: (i) in the case of India, previous year as defined under section 3 of the Income-tax Act, 1961; (ii) in the case of the Czech Republic, calendar year; (j) the term tax means Indian tax or Czech 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; (k) the terms a Contracting State and the other Contracting State mean the Republic of India or the Czech Republic as the context requires. 2. As regards the application of the Convention by a Contracting State any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning which it has under the law of that State concerning the taxes to which the Convention applies.