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RECOMMENDATION |
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Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to amend the statute law in relation to veterans' benefits''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends various Acts govern-ing veterans' benefits.
Specifically, it
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EXPLANATORY NOTES |
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Civilian War-related Benefits Act |
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Clause 1: New.
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Clause 2: Section 4 reads as follows:
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4. Every department of the Government of Canada shall furnish the
Minister with such information and material as the Minister may from
time to time require for the purpose of considering applications for
pensions, allowances and compensation under Parts I to X.
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Clause 3: The heading before section 17 and sections
17 and 18 read as follows:
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Supervisors |
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17. In respect of their service as supervisors rendered between the
time of embarkation for service outside Canada and the termination of
that service by the appropriate naval, army or air force authorities,
pensions and allowances shall be awarded in accordance with the rates
set out in Schedules I, II and III of the Pension Act to or in respect of
supervisors who suffered injury or disease or aggravation thereof
resulting in disability or death attributable to or incurred during that
service.
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Helpers |
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18. In respect of their service as helpers rendered between the time
of embarkation for service outside Canada and the termination of that
service by the appropriate naval, army or air force authorities, pensions
and allowances shall be awarded in accordance with the rates set out in
Schedules I, II and III of the Pension Act to or in respect of helpers who
suffered injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in disability
or death attributable to or incurred during that service.
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Clause 4: New.
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Clause 5: Section 20 reads as follows:
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20. Pensions and allowances shall be awarded in accordance with the
rates set out in Schedules I, II and III of the Pension Act for members of
the Canadian army forces or the Canadian Forces, to or in respect of
members of the Corps of (Civilian) Canadian Fire Fighters for Service
in the United Kingdom who suffered injury or disease or aggravation
thereof resulting in disability or death attributable to or incurred during
their service as members of the said Corps in accordance with the
Pension Act.
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Clause 6: New.
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Clause 8: Part IX reads as follows:
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PART IX |
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OVERSEAS WELFARE WORKERS |
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48. In this Part,
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``enemy action or counteraction against the enemy'' includes
extraordinary hazards occasioned by the War;
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``Overseas Welfare Worker'' means a person who, under the auspices
of the Canadian Red Cross Society or the St. John Ambulance
Brigade of Canada, proceeded from Canada to serve as a welfare
worker, nursing aid, ambulance or transport driver or member of the
Overseas Headquarters Staff or in any other capacity and includes
Orthopaedic Nurses selected by the Canadian Red Cross Society for
service overseas with the Scottish Ministry of Health;
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``service'' means service during the War as an Overseas Welfare Worker
between the time of embarkation for service outside Canada and the
termination of that service by the Canadian Red Cross Society, St.
John Ambulance Brigade of Canada or the Scottish Ministry of
Health.
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49. Subject to this Part, pensions and allowances shall be awarded in
accordance with the rates set out in Schedules I, II and III of the Pension
Act to or in respect of Overseas Welfare Workers who, during service,
suffered injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in disability
or death when the injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in
disability or death was a direct result of enemy action or counteraction
against the enemy.
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50. Where an Overseas Welfare Worker is in receipt of a disability
pension under the Pension Act, the amount of pension payable under
this Part shall not at any time exceed the amount by which the pension
authorized by that Act for total disability exceeds the pension of which
that person is in receipt under that Act.
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51. Any pension awarded under this Part in respect of disability or
death shall be reduced by the amount of any grant, allowance,
compensation, pension or other payment of a like nature, payable in
respect of the disability or death out of funds to which the Overseas
Welfare Worker made no direct contribution.
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Clause 9: Part X reads as follows:
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PART X |
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CANADIAN CIVILIAN AIR CREW OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND |
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52. In this Part,
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``Civilian Member of Overseas Air Crew'' means a person, other than
a member of the forces, who was employed by the Air Ministry of
the United Kingdom to make trans-Atlantic flights ferrying aircraft
from Canada, and who, at the commencement of that employment,
was domiciled in Canada;
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``enemy action or counteraction against the enemy'' includes
extraordinary aerial or other hazards occasioned by the War;
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``service'' means service during the War with Number 45 Wing of the
Royal Air Force Transport Command, Number 45 Group of the
Royal Air Force Ferry Command or the Atlantic Ferrying
Organization, between the date of engagement for service outside
Canada and the termination of that service by the Air Minister of the
United Kingdom.
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53. Where a Civilian Member of Overseas Air Crew, during service
and as a direct result of enemy action or counteraction against the
enemy, incurred an injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in
serious disability or death and is in necessitous circumstances, or, in the
case of death, a surviving spouse, child or children are in necessitous
circumstances, or, there being no surviving spouse or children, a
dependent parent or parents are in necessitous circumstances, the
Minister may in the Minister's discretion award such pension and
allowances, not exceeding the rates payable under Schedules I, II and
III of the Pension Act, as the Minister may from time to time deem to be
adequate.
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54. Any award authorized under this Part in respect of disability or
death shall be reduced by the amount of any grant, allowance,
compensation, pension or other payment of a like nature, payable in
respect of the disability or death out of public funds to which the
Civilian Member of Overseas Air Crew made no direct contribution.
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55. Whenever an application for pension is made under this Part, the
Minister may, before awarding the pension, require the applicant to take
all or any steps that may be necessary to obtain payment of any
compensation that the applicant is entitled to receive from any person
or under the laws of any province or country for the disability or death
in respect of which the application for pension under this Part is made.
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Clause 10: (1) The relevant portion of the definition
``civilian'' in subsection 56(1) read as follows:
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``civilian'' means
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(2) The relevant portion of subsection 56(2) reads as
follows:
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(2) For the purposes of this section,
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Department of Veterans Affairs Act |
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Clause 11: The relevant portion of section 4 reads as
follows:
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4. The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend and apply
to
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Clause 12: New.
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Clause 13: (1) to (8) Paragraphs 5(c.1) and (e.1) are
new. The relevant portion of section 5 reads as follows:
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5. (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the
Minister may make such regulations as he may deem necessary and
advisable
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Clause 14: Section 5.2 and the heading before it are
new. Section 6 reads as follows:
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6. The Minister may appoint a person or persons to hear and receive
evidence with respect to any matter pertaining to the Department or the
procedure of the Department under this Act, and such person or persons
have authority to administer oaths and to hear and receive evidence
under oath and to take affidavits in any part of Canada.
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Clause 15: New.
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Clause 16: New.
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Pension Act |
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Clause 20: (1) and (2) The definitions ``award'' and
``treatment allowance'' in subsection 3(1) read as
follows:
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``award'' means a pension, compensation, allowance, bonus or grant
payable under this Act;
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``treatment allowance'' means an allowance paid or payable by the
Department to or on behalf of a person while under treatment by the
Department for a pensionable disability;
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(3) The relevant portion of the definition ``member of
the forces'' in subsection 3(1) reads as follows:
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``member of the forces'' means
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(4) The relevant portion of the definition ``service in
a theatre of actual war'' in subsection 3(1) reads as
follows:
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``service in a theatre of actual war'' means
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(5) New.
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Clause 21: (1) to (4) The relevant portion of
subsection 21(1) reads as follows:
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21. (1) In respect of military service rendered during World War I or
World War II and subject to the exception contained in subsection (2),
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(5) and (6) The relevant portion of subsection 21(2)
reads as follows:
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(2) In respect of military service rendered in the non-permanent
active militia or in the reserve army during World War II and in respect
of military service in peace time,
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(7) Subsection 21(4) reads as follows:
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(4) No pension shall be paid to or in respect of a member of the forces
described in subsection (2) while the member is serving as a member of
the regular force.
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(8) The relevant portion of subsection 21(5) reads as
follows:
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(5) In addition to any pension awarded under subsection (1) or (2),
a member of the forces who
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shall, on application, be awarded a pension in accordance with the rates
for basic and additional pension set out in Schedule I in respect of that
part of the additional disability that is a consequence of that injury or
disease or aggravation thereof.
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(9) The relevant portion of subsection 21(7) reads as
follows:
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(7) Where the parties to a marriage are residing together and both are
pensioners or members of the forces to whom pensions have been or
may be awarded under this section,
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(10) Subsection 21(8) reads as follows:
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(8) The Minister may require a pensioner to submit at such times and
in such form as may be prescribed by the Minister a statutory or other
declaration stating that
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and if the pensioner refuses or neglects to submit the statutory or other
declaration, the Minister may suspend future payments of pension until
it is received.
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Clause 22: Sections 25 to 27 read as follows:
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25. Where a disability, increase in disability or death for which
pension is payable is caused under circumstances creating a legal
liability on a person to pay damages therefor, if any amount is recovered
and collected in respect of that liability by or on behalf of the person to
or on behalf of whom the pension or increase in pension may be paid,
the Minister, for the purpose of determining the amount of pension or
increase in pension to be awarded, shall take into consideration any
amount so recovered and collected in the manner hereinafter set out.
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26. Where a disability, increase in disability or death for which
pension is payable is caused under circumstances by reason of which
compensation is payable in respect of the disability, increase in
disability or death under the Merchant Seaman Compensation Act or the
Government Employees Compensation Act, any provincial workers'
compensation legislation or any other legislation of a similar nature,
either in the place of, or as additional to, or apart altogether from any
amount that is recovered or collected in respect thereof under section
25, and such compensation is awarded to or on behalf of any person to
or on behalf of whom the pension or increase in pension may be paid,
the Minister, for the purpose of determining the amount of pension or
increase in pension to be awarded, shall take into consideration any
compensation so awarded in the manner hereinafter set out.
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27. (1) Where
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(2) Where any amount is recovered and collected from Her Majesty
in right of Canada in the circumstances described in section 25, the
reference to ``one-half of any amount'' in paragraph (1)(a) shall be
deemed to read ``the total amount''.
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(3) If any amount recovered and collected in the circumstances
described in section 25, or any part thereof, is paid to Her Majesty, a
pension that, if capitalized, equals the amount so paid but is not in any
event greater than the total pension that, apart from this section, would
be payable under this Act, may be paid.
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Clause 23: Subsection 29(2) reads as follows:
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(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, but subject to subsections
38(3) and 72(5), any pension or allowance awarded or paid under this
Act ceases to be payable on the first day of the month following the
month of the death of the person to whom or in respect of whom any
pension or allowance is paid.
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Clause 24: Subsections 30(1) and (1.1) read as
follows:
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30. (1) No pension or allowance shall be assigned, charged, attached,
anticipated, commuted or given as security, and the Minister may refuse
to recognize any power of attorney granted by a pensioner with
reference to the payment of a pension or an allowance.
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(1.1) A pension or allowance is exempt from seizure and execution,
either at law or in equity.
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Clause 25: (1) Subsection 32(1) reads as follows:
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32. (1) If, through any cause, an overpayment of a pension or an
allowance has been or is made, the Minister may reduce, suspend or
withdraw future payments of the pension or allowance until the amount
of the reduction, suspension or withdrawal equals the amount of the
overpayment.
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(2) Subsection 32(3) reads as follows:
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(3) Where a surviving spouse or other dependant of a deceased
member of the forces retains any amount of the member's award paid
after the last day of the month in which the member died, that amount
may be deducted from any award granted to the spouse or other
dependant.
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Clause 26: (1) Subsection 34(6) reads as follows:
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(6) The children of a deceased member of the forces who was, at the
time of the death of the member, in receipt of a pension paid at a rate set
out in one of classes one to eleven of Schedule I are entitled to a pension
as if that member had died on military service, whether or not the death
was attributable to that service.
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(2) Subsection 34(10) reads as follows:
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(10) Where a pension has been awarded to a minor child or minor
children of a deceased member of the forces who had maintained a
domestic establishment for the child or children and
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a pension at a rate not exceeding that provided for a surviving spouse
in Schedule II or determined pursuant to subsection 45(3), whichever
rate is applicable, may be paid to a person who is competent to assume
and who does assume the household duties and care of the child or
children, for so long as there is a minor child in respect of whom a
pension is being paid, and in those cases the pension payable in respect
of those children shall continue to be paid.
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Clause 27: Subsection 35(2) reads as follows:
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(2) The assessment of the extent of a disability shall be based on the
instructions and a table of disabilities to be made by the Minister for the
guidance of physicians and surgeons making medical examinations for
pension purposes.
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Clause 28: Subsection 41(1) reads as follows:
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41. (1) Where it appears to the Minister that a pensioner is
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the Minister may direct that the pension payable to the pensioner be
administered for the benefit of the pensioner or any person that the
pensioner has a legal obligation to maintain, or both, by the Department
or a person or agency selected by the Minister.
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Clause 29: The relevant portion of subsection 45(2)
reads as follows:
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(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the surviving spouse of
a member of the forces who was, at the time of the member's death, in
receipt of a pension paid at a rate set out in one of classes one to eleven
of Schedule I is entitled to a pension as if that member had died on
military service, whether or not the death was attributable to that
service, if
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Clause 30: The relevant portion of subsection 51(1)
reads as follows:
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51. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, in any case where
pension may be awarded under section 21 in respect of the death of a
member of the forces, his surviving spouse is entitled to a pension if
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Clause 31: (1) to (3) The relevant portion of
subsection 56(1) reads as follows:
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56. (1) Pensions awarded with respect to the death of a member of
the forces shall be payable with effect as follows:
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Clause 32: The heading before section 60 and sections
60 to 63 read as follows:
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Offences and Punishment |
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60. Any person who by false representation, personation or fraud
obtains or attempts to obtain an award for himself or for any other
person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or to both.
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61. (1) Any person who lends or gives or attempts to lend or give
money or credit or any other consideration for the assignment, charging,
attachment, anticipation, commutation or giving as security of an award
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
or to both.
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(2) This section does not apply to loans, credits or consideration
made or given without interest or other profit by the Canadian Patriotic
Fund, or by any other patriotic or benevolent corporation, society or
association approved by the Minister.
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62. Any person who collects or attempts to collect any fees or
charges for services rendered with respect to any application for an
award, unless the amount of the fees or charges has been certified by the
Commission to be fair and reasonable, is guilty of an indictable offence
and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to both.
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63. Any person who wilfully makes any false statement under oath
with reference to any award or application for an award is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to both.
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Clause 33: Subsection 71.2(4) reads as follows:
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(4) In the determination of the entitlement of a prisoner of war to
compensation, the applicable provisions of Part III, excluding section
18, subsection 32(2) and sections 38 and 44 thereof, apply as if a
reference therein to a member of the forces or a pensioner were a
reference to a prisoner of war and as if a reference to a pension or a
pension for disability were a reference to compensation.
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Clause 34: Section 74 reads as follows:
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74. In this Part,
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Clause 35: The relevant portion of subsection 75(1)
reads as follows:
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75. (1) The basic pension shall be adjusted annually in the manner
prescribed by regulation of the Governor in Council, so that the basic
pension payable for a month in the following calendar year is the greater
of
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Clause 36: New.
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Clause 37: Section 77 reads as follows:
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77. Where at any time the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as
published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act,
is adjusted to reflect a new time basis or a new content basis, a
corresponding adjustment shall be made in the Consumer Price Index
for any twelve month period that is used for the purpose of calculating
the amount of any pension or allowance that may be paid.
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Clause 38: Sections 83 and 84 read as follows:
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83. (1) The Minister may cancel a pension and recover any payments
that have been made to a person under this Act if the pension was
awarded as a result of fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of
material facts on the part of the person.
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(2) The Minister may ratify payments of a pension and continue
payment of the pension in whole or in part if
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84. An applicant who is dissatisfied with a decision made by the
Minister under this Act or under subsection 34(5) of the Veterans
Review and Appeal Board Act may apply to the Veterans Review and
Appeal Board to review the decision.
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Clause 39: Subsection 87(3) is new. Subsection 87(2)
reads as follows:
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(2) Any officer or employee of the Department authorized by the
Minister may, in the course of their employment, administer oaths and
take and receive affidavits, declarations and solemn affirmations for the
purpose of the administration or enforcement of this Act or the
regulations, and every person so authorized has, with respect to any
such oath, affidavit, declaration or affirmation, the powers of a
commissioner for taking affidavits.
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Clause 40: Sections 91.1 and 93 are new. Section 92
reads as follows:
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92. Every application, statement or notice required or permitted by
this Act must be made or given in the form required by the Minister.
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Clause 41: Sections 109.1 to 109.4 are new. Section
109 reads as follows:
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109. Subject to any other Act of Parliament and any regulations
made under any other Act of Parliament, the following persons may
inspect the records of the Department and all material relating to an
application under this Act:
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Clause 42: Section 111 reads as follows:
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111. No action or other proceeding lies against Her Majesty or
against any officer, servant or agent of Her Majesty in respect of any
injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in disability or death
in any case where a pension is or may be awarded under this Act or any
other Act in respect of the disability or death.
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The Returned Soldiers' Insurance Act |
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Clause 45: New.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act |
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Clause 46: Sections 32 to 32.2 read as follows:
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32. (1) Subject to this Part, an award in accordance with the Pension
Act shall be granted to or in respect of
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in any case where the injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting
in the disability or death in respect of which the application for pension
is made arose out of, or was directly connected with, his service in the
Force.
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32.1 (1) An award in accordance with the Pension Act shall be
granted in respect of a member of the Force who is disabled or dies as
a result of an injury or disease incurred while serving on a peacekeeping
mission in a special duty area as though the service were military service
rendered during World War I or World War II in a theatre of actual war.
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(2) The Governor in Council may, by order,
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(3) In this section, ``special duty area'' means an area designated as
a special duty area in an order made under the authority of
Appropriation Act No. 10, 1964 or an order made under subsection (2).
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32.2 All claims for pension under this Part shall be dealt with and
adjudicated on in like manner as claims under the Pension Act, and all
provisions of that Act not inconsistent with this Part apply with such
modifications as the circumstances require to any claim under this Part.
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Soldier Settlement Act |
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Clause 47: (1) Subsection 3(1) reads as follows:
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3. (1) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer who shall be
called the Director of Soldier Settlement who shall hold office during
pleasure.
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(2) Subsection 3(5) reads as follows:
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(5) In the absence of the Director of Soldier Settlement, an officer
named by the Minister shall have the powers and perform the duties of
such Director.
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Clause 48: Subsection 56(2) reads as follows:
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2. Any person who resists or obstructs a Commissioner or officer or
employee of the Board in the execution of his duties under this Act is
guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not
exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months.
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Clause 49: The relevant portion of subsection 62(4)
reads as follows:
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4. If any such fee or commission or advance of price is paid by or to
any such person, firm or corporation for any such services the following
consequences shall ensue:-
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Clause 50: Section 63 reads as follows:
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63. Any person who is guilty of any wilful breach or non-observance
of any provision of this Act for which no penalty is specially provided
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year,
or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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2. Where any offence under this Act, whether by way of breach or
of non-observance of any provision of this Act, is committed by a
corporation, every officer or employee of the corporation, who has in
any manner aided or participated in the commission of the offence, shall
be personally liable as for the commission of such offence by him, and
prosecution or conviction of any one officer or employee of the
corporation shall not be a bar to prosecution or conviction of any other
of them.
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3. Every land inspector, field supervisor, official, employee or
servant of the Board, and every agent engaged by the Board or acting
for it or on its behalf, who knowingly or negligently makes any false or
deceptive statement in any report, return, appraisal, statement or other
document respecting or referring to any real or personal property, the
subject matter of any inspection, appraisal or examination made for or
on behalf of the Board or on the direction, instructions or request of the
Board or of any of its officials, shall be guilty of an offence and liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine
and imprisonment.
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Clause 51: New. The relevant portion of section 64
reads as follows:
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64. The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council,
and subject to the provisions of this Act, make regulations, prescribing
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Special Operators War Service Benefits Act |
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Clause 52: The heading before section 3 is new.
Section 3 reads as follows:
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3. Every special operator on the termination of his service as such
shall be deemed
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Clause 53: New.
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Supervisors War Service Benefits Act |
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Clause 55: Sections 2 to 4 read as follows:
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2. In this Act
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3. Subject to section 5, every supervisor, on the termination of his
service as such, shall be deemed
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4. Every supervisor shall, upon termination of his service as such, if
he became employed by Canadian Legion War Services Inc., The
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of
Canada, Knights of Columbus Canadian Army Huts or Salvation Army
Canadian War Services on or after the 1st day of September, 1939, be
deemed to have been on service in His Majesty's forces for the purposes
of the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act, and for the purposes of
that Act shall be deemed to have been accepted for service on the day
he became so employed.
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Veterans Benefit Act |
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Clause 56: Section 5 and the heading before it read as
follows:
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PENSION ACT |
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5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Pension Act applies to and in
respect of
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as though such service were military service rendered during World War
II within the meaning of that Act and as though the service described in
the definition ``service in a theatre of actual war'' in section 2 of that Act
included service in a theatre of operations on the strength of the special
force.
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(2) Subsection 12(2) of the said Act does not apply to or in respect
of any death or disability for which a pension is payable by virtue of
subsection (1) of this section.
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Clause 57: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 9(1)
reads as follows:
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9. (1) Section 16 and subsection 17(5) of the Public Service
Employment Act apply to every person who
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(2) The relevant portion of subsection 9(2) reads as
follows:
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(2) Subsections 16(3) and 17(5) of the said Act apply to every person
who
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Veterans Insurance Act |
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Clause 58: New.
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Veterans' Land Act |
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Clause 59: Subsection 3(1) reads as follows:
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3. (1) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer to be known
as The Director, The Veterans' Land Act (in this Act referred to as ``the
Director'') who shall be responsible to the Minister and be paid such
salary as may be fixed by the Governor in Council.
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Clause 60: Sections 21.1 and 21.2 are new. Section 21
and the heading before it read as follows:
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Advisory Boards |
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21. (1) There shall be one or more provincial advisory boards in each
province appointed by the Governor in Council, each Board being
comprised of three members; the chairperson shall be a judge of a
county or district court of the province in which the board operates (or
in the Province of Quebec a judge of the Court of Quebec, or in the
Province of Ontario a judge of the Ontario Court (General Division), or
in the Province of British Columbia a judge of the Supreme Court, or in
the Province of Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland a judge of the
Trial Division of the Supreme Court, or in the Province of New
Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta or Saskatchewan a judge of the Court of
Queen's Bench), and one member shall be nominated by the Royal
Canadian Legion.
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(2) The Director, before taking any action or proceedings under
subsection 22(1), shall, upon due notice to the veteran concerned, refer
the question of rescission in any case to the appropriate advisory board
in the province in which the land concerned is situated, for its consent
as to whether the default in performance of the agreement warrants the
Director in exercising the powers given him under the said subsection
or as to the remedial conditions to be fulfilled by the veteran, in default
of compliance with which rescission of the agreement may ensue.
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where the Director is of the
opinion that it is impracticable to refer the question of the rescission of
an agreement with a veteran to an advisory board in the province in
which the land concerned is situated, the Director may, upon due notice
to the veteran concerned, refer the question of rescission to the
appropriate advisory board in an adjacent province.
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Clause 61: Subsections 22(1) to (3) read as follows:
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22. (1) If any instalment mentioned in any agreement of sale under
this Part is not punctually paid or if the veteran makes any other default
in performance of the terms of such agreement, the Director may,
subject to section 21, without any formal re-entry or retaking and
without resort to proceedings in equity or at law, rescind such
agreement, repossess and resell or otherwise deal with the property as
authorized by this Part.
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(2) The Director may with the consent of the veteran and without
giving the notice required by subsection (4) rescind or otherwise
terminate any contract made with the veteran under this Part.
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(3) The effect of such rescission is to vest such property in the
Director absolutely free and discharged of all rights and claims of the
veteran and of all persons claiming or entitled to claim through or under
him, for any estate in, or lien, charge or encumbrance upon or against
such property.
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Clause 62: Section 42 reads as follows:
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42. Any person who resists or obstructs the Director or any officer
or employee of the Director in the execution of his duties under this Part
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not
exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months.
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Clause 63: Section 47 and the heading before it read
as follows:
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Offences and Penalties |
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47. (1) Any person who is guilty of any wilful breach or
non-observance of any provision of this Part for which no penalty is
specially provided is liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year, or to both.
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(2) Where any offence under this Part, whether by way of breach or
of non-observance of any provision of this Part, is committed by a
corporation, every officer or employee of the corporation, who has in
any manner aided or participated in the commission of the offence, is
personally liable as for the commission of such offence by him, and
prosecution or conviction of any one officer or employee of the
corporation is not a bar to prosecution or conviction of any other of
them.
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(3) Every land inspector, field supervisor, official, employee or
servant of the Director, and every agent engaged by the Director or
acting for him or on his behalf, who knowingly or negligently makes
any false or deceptive statement in any report, return, appraisal,
statement or other document respecting or referring to any real or
personal property, the subject-matter of any inspection, appraisal or
examination made for or on behalf of the Director or on the direction,
instructions or request of the Director or of any of his officials, is guilty
of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one
year, or to both.
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Clause 64: Subsection 48(2) reads as follows:
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(2) The Director may with the approval of the Minister make
regulations authorizing persons named therein to exercise or perform
with respect to such matters as may be specified therein, any of the
powers or duties conferred or imposed by this Part on the Director.
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Clause 65: New.
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Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act |
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Clause 66: Subsection 19(2) reads as follows:
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(2) The Chairperson, or any member to whom the Chairperson has
delegated the authority, may refuse to establish a review panel to hear
an application for review of a decision concerning the amount of an
award under the Pension Act if the Chairperson or member, as the case
may be, considers the application to be such that no reasonable review
panel could dispose of it in a manner favourable to the applicant.
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Clause 67: New.
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War Service Grants Act |
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Clause 68: Sections 31 to 34 read as follows:
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31. It is an offence for any person to charge or collect or to attempt
to charge or collect, either directly or indirectly, any fee or other
compensation for assisting in any manner a member of the forces or his
dependant in obtaining any of the benefits to which he is entitled under
this Act, punishable upon summary conviction by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by
both.
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32. If any member uses a credit for any purpose not authorized under
this Act or the regulations made thereunder, he is guilty of an offence
and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to
both.
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33. Any person who
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is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three months, or to both.
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34. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any complaint or
information with respect to any violation of this Act may be made or laid
within one year from the time when the matter of complaint or
information arose.
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War Veterans Allowance Act |
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Clause 69: (1) and (2) The definitions ``dependent
child'' and ``payment review period'' in subsection 2(1)
read as follows:
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``dependent child'' means a child who is
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``payment review period'' means the period commencing on April 1 in
the previous fiscal year and ending on March 31 in the current fiscal
year;
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(3) The relevant portion of the definition ``orphan'' in
subsection 2(1) reads as follows:
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``orphan'' means
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(4) New.
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Clause 70: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 4(3)
reads as follows:
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(3) The monthly allowance payable under this section to a veteran,
widow, widower or orphan in a current fiscal year shall be computed as
follows:
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(2) The relevant portion of subsection 4(5) reads as
follows:
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(5) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the allowance payable
under this section to a surviving spouse or orphan may be paid to
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(3) Subsection 4(8) reads as follows:
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(8) Where the Minister is satisfied that a recipient and his spouse are
not residing together as a result of one or both of them having to reside
in a treatment or care facility or as a result of such other circumstances
as are prescribed by regulations made under section 25, the Minister
may direct that the recipient and spouse be treated in the same manner
as if they were persons referred to in subsection (6) and each person had
one-half of the aggregate of the income and benefits of both persons,
and in that case, where the Minister deems appropriate, the Minister
shall apportion the allowances payable to them having regard to the
circumstances of each of them and any dependent children involved.
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Clause 71: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 7(1)
reads as follows:
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7. (1) For the purposes of this Act, ``income'', of a person for a
calendar year, has the same meaning as in section 13 of the Old Age
Security Act except that, for the purposes of this Act,
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(2) Subsection 7(2) reads as follows:
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(2) Despite subsection (1), if it appears to the Minister that any
amendment to the Income Tax Act or the regulations made under that
Act or to the Old Age Security Act would result in a significant change
in the amount of any allowance payable in respect of any class of
persons under this Act, the Minister may, with the approval of the
Governor in Council, make orders to alleviate for the purposes of this
Act the effect of the change by deeming revenue specified in the orders
or a part of that revenue to be or not to be, as the case may require,
income of a person referred to in subsection (1).
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Clause 72: Subsection 8.1(5) is new. Subsections
8.1(1.1) to (4) read as follows:
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(1.1) Where the monthly income of an applicant and spouse, if any,
at the time of the application is less than one twelfth of the income of the
applicant and spouse, if any, for the base calendar year, the applicant
may, in addition to making the statement of income required by
subsection (1), file with the Minister a statement of estimated income of
the applicant and spouse, if any, for the calendar year in which the
application is made.
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(1.2) Where an applicant files a statement of estimated income
referred to in subsection (1.1), the income of the applicant and spouse
in respect of the base calendar year shall, for the purpose of determining
whether an allowance should be awarded and the amount of such an
allowance, be deemed to be the amount obtained by
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(2) Where in any current fiscal year a recipient or a recipient's spouse
experiences a change in income that is of an ongoing and continuing
nature and that results in a loss or reduction of income equal to or greater
than such amount as is prescribed by regulations made under section 25,
the recipient may, not later than the end of the fiscal year next following
the current fiscal year and in addition to making the statement of income
required by subsection (1), file with the Minister a statement of
estimated income, if any, of the recipient and spouse for the calendar
year in which the loss or reduction of income occurred, in which case
the income for the base calendar year in respect of the recipient and
spouse for the purposes of calculating the allowance payable to the
recipient for the remainder of the current fiscal year shall be deemed to
be the amount obtained by
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(3) Where, in the previous fiscal year or in the three month period
immediately preceding the commencement of the previous fiscal year,
a recipient or a recipient's spouse experiences a change in income that
is of an ongoing and continuing nature and that results in a loss or
reduction of income equal to or greater than an amount prescribed by
regulations made under section 25, the recipient may, not later than the
end of the current fiscal year and in addition to making the statement of
income required by subsection (1), file with the Minister a statement of
estimated income, if any, of the recipient and spouse for the calendar
year in which the loss or reduction of income occurred, in which case
the income for the base calendar year in respect of the recipient and
spouse for the purposes of calculating the allowance payable to the
recipient for the current fiscal year shall be deemed to be the amount
obtained by
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(4) Where an allowance has been calculated on the basis of a
statement of estimated income filed by a recipient under this section, the
recipient shall, where any subsequent increase of an ongoing and
continuing nature in the income for the current fiscal year of the
recipient or the recipient's spouse occurs, forthwith notify the Minister
of the increase and the allowance for the remainder of the current fiscal
year shall be calculated as if the income for the base calendar year in
respect of the recipient and the spouse, if any, were the amount obtained
by
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Clause 73: The heading before section 17 reads as
follows:
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ASSIGNMENT OF ALLOWANCE |
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Clause 74: Subsection 17(1) reads as follows:
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17. (1) Except as provided in this Act, no allowance is subject to
assignment, alienation or transfer by the recipient or to seizure in
satisfaction of any claim against him.
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Clause 75: (1) to (4) Subsections 18(1.01) and (3) are
new. Section 18 reads as follows:
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18. (1) Where a person has received or obtained an allowance
payment to which the person is not entitled, the amount thereof shall
constitute a debt due to the Crown, and
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(1.1) Where an allowance has been paid in respect of any fiscal year
and it is subsequently determined that the income of the recipient and,
if applicable, the recipient's spouse, for the base calendar year
calculated as required by this Act, in this subsection referred to as the
``actual income'', is not the same as the income of the recipient, in this
subsection referred to as the ``shown income'', calculated as required
by this Act on the basis of a statement required or permitted by section
8.1 to be made or filed by the recipient, the following adjustment shall
be made:
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(1.2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (1.1), a payment or excess
payment referred to in that subsection shall not constitute a debt due to
the Crown unless
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (1.1), where a person has
received or obtained an allowance payment to which the person is not
entitled or an allowance payment in excess of the amount of the
allowance payment to which the person is entitled as calculated under
section 4 or 5 and the Minister is satisfied that
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the Minister may, unless that person has been convicted of an offence
in connection with the receiving or obtaining of the allowance payment,
remit all or any portion of the amount of the allowance payment or of
the excess amount of the allowance payment, as the case may be.
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Clause 76: The heading before section 19 reads as
follows:
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ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF ALLOWANCES |
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Clause 77: Subsection 20(1) reads as follows:
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20. (1) Notwithstanding anything in subsection 19(1), the income
factor applicable by virtue of that subsection for a month in any
payment quarter shall not be less than the income factor applicable for
any month in the three month period immediately before that payment
quarter.
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Clause 78: Subsections 22(2) and (3) read as follows:
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(2) In respect of the increases in the maximum amount of the
Guaranteed Income Supplement provided for by subsection 10(1.4) of
the Old Age Security Act, chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes of Canada,
1970, subsection (1) shall be applied so as to reflect those increases only
in relation to Class 1 of column I of the schedule.
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(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of the increase in the
maximum amount of the Guaranteed Income Supplement provided for
by subsection 12(5) of the Old Age Security Act.
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Clause 79: Section 23 and the heading before it read
as follows:
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OFFENCE AND PUNISHMENT |
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23. (1) Every person who, for the purpose of obtaining an allowance
either for himself or for any other person, knowingly, in any application
or otherwise, makes a false or misleading statement or fails to disclose
any material fact is guilty of an offence and liable on summary
conviction to a fine of not less than fifteen dollars and not more than one
hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
months or to both.
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(2) Any complaint or information in respect of an offence under this
Act or the regulations may be heard, tried or determined in the place in
which the offence was committed or the matter of the complaint or
information arose or in any place in which the accused is apprehended
or happens to be.
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(3) A prosecution for an offence under this Act or the regulations
may be instituted at any time within but not later than one year after the
time when the subject-matter of the prosecution arose.
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Clause 80: (1) to (5) The relevant portion of section
25 reads as follows:
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25. The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council,
make regulations for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act
into effect and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may
make regulations
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Clause 81: The heading before section 29 reads as
follows:
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Clause 82: New.
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Clause 83: New.
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Clause 84: Subsection 30(1.1) is new. Subsection
30(2) reads as follows:
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(2) Any information obtained by an officer or employee of the
Department pursuant to this Act or the regulations may be
communicated to an officer or employee of the Department of Human
Resources Development for the purposes of administering this Act or
the Old Age Security Act.
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Clause 85: Subsection 32(1) reads as follows:
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32. (1) Where an applicant for an allowance or a recipient is
dissatisfied with any adjudication affecting him, other than an
adjudication under subsection 18(2) or on an appeal under subsection
(2) of this section, he may, in accordance with the regulations, apply to
an officer or employee of the Department designated by the Minister for
the purpose for a review of the adjudication.
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Clause 86: New.
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Clause 87: New.
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Clause 88: New.
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Clause 89: (1) The relevant portion of subsection
37(3) reads as follows:
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(3) A Canadian veteran of World War I or World War II is any former
member of His Majesty's Canadian forces
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(2) Subsection 37(4) reads as follows:
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(4) An allied veteran is
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(3) The relevant portion of subsection 37(7) reads as
follows:
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(7) A Canadian Forces veteran is a person who,
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(4) The relevant portion of subsection 37(7.3) reads as
follows:
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(7.3) A merchant navy veteran of World War I or World War II is
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(5) The relevant portion of subsection 37(10) reads as
follows:
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(10) For the purposes of this section,
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Women's Royal Naval Services and the South African Military Nursing Service (Benefits) Act |
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Clause 91: The heading before section 3 is new.
Section 3 reads as follows:
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3. Every person domiciled and resident in Canada who since the 10th
day of September, 1939, served as a member of the Women's Royal
Naval Services or as a member of the South African Military Nursing
Service outside Canada and who, at the time that such person became
a member of either of such services was domiciled in Canada, shall on
termination of such service be deemed to be
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Appropriation Act No. 10, 1964 |
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Clause 92: Vote 58a provided for the designation of
``special duty areas'' and for the right of persons serving
in those areas to disability pensions relating to that
service.
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