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বাংলাদেশ গেজেট, অতিরিক্স জানায়ারী ত ১৯৮৯ - 7. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person the amount of the interest, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention. ARTICLE 12 ROYALTIES 1. Royalties arising in a State and paid to a resident of the other State may be taxed in that other State. 2. However, such royalties may also be taxed in the State in which they arise and according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of he royalties the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties. 3. The term “royalties" as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work (including cinematograph films and films or tapes for radio or television broadcasting), any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific exeprience but does not include any payment in respect of the operation of mines, quarries or other place for extraction of natural resources. 4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a resident of a State, carries on business in the other State in which the royalties arise through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply. 5. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a State when the payer is that State itself, a local authority, a statutory body or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a State or not has in a State a permanent establishment or a fixed base with which the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively