Article 4 - Resident - Namibia

ARTICLE 4 RESIDENT 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term resident of a Contracting State means any individual who is ordinarily resident, or has his or her domicile in that State and any company or other body of persons which has its place of effective management or incorporation in that State. 2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1, an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his or her status shall be determined as follows : (a) he or she shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he or she has a permanent home available to him or her, if he or she has a permanent home available to him or her in both States, he or she shall be deemed to be a resident of the State with which his or her personal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests); (b) if the State in which he or she has his or her centre of vital interests cannot be determined, or if he or she has not a permanent home available to him or her in either State, he or she shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he or she has a habitual abode; (c) if he or she has a habitual abode in both States or in neither of them, he or she shall be deemed to be a resident of the State of which he or she is a national; (d) if he or she is a national of both States or of neither of them, the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement. 3. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1, a person other than an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then it shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which its place of effective management is situated. In case of doubt the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.