Article 6 - Income from Immovable Property - Mauritius

CHAPTER III TAXATION OF INCOME ARTICLE 6 INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 1. Income from immovable property may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated. 2. The term immovable property shall be defined in accordance with the law and usage of the Contracting State in which the property is situated. The term shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits, oil-wells, quarries and other places of extraction of natural resources, ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property. 3. The provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of immovable property. 4. The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) shall also apply to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of independent personal services.