Article 3 of the 2005 Protocol: «2. A shell/conduit company that claims it is a resident of a Contracting State shall not be entitled to the benefits of Article 1 of this Protocol. A shell/conduit company is any legal entity falling within the definition of resident with negligible or nil business operations or with no real and continuous business activities carried out in that Contracting State. 3. A resident of a Contracting State is deemed to be a shell/conduit company if its total annual expenditure on operations in that Contracting State is less than $200,000 or Indian Rs 50,00,000 in the respective Contracting State as the case may be, in the immediately preceding period of 24 months from the date the gains arise. 4. A resident of a Contracting State is deemed not to be a shell/conduit company if: a. it is listed on a recognised stock exchange of the Contracting State; or b. its total annual expenditure on operations in that Contracting State is equal to or more than S$200,000 or Indian Rs 50,00,000 in the respective Contracting State as the case may be, in the immediately preceding period of 24 months from the date the gains arise».
