Pension Act — P-6 3
ar has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 71.1; ( prisonnier de guerre ) service in a special duty area [Repealed, 2003, c. 12, s. 1] service in a theatre of actual war means (a) any service as a member of the army or air force of Canada in the period commencing August 14, 1914 and ending November 11, 1918 in the zone of the allied armies on the continent of Europe, Asia or Africa, or in any other place at which the member has sustained injury or contracted disease directly by a hostile act of the enemy, (b) any service as a member of the naval forces or merchant navy of Canada in the period described in paragraph (a) on the high seas or wherever contact has been made with hostile forces of the enemy, or in any other place at which the member has sustained injury or contracted disease directly by a hostile act of the enemy, and (c) any service as a member of the forces in the period commencing September 1, 1939 and ending (i) May 9, 1945, where the service was in any place outside Canada, and (ii) August 15, 1945, where the service was in the Pacific Ocean or Asia, or in any place in Canada at which the member has sustained injury or contracted disease directly by a hostile act of the enemy; ( service sur un théâtre réel de guerre ) service in the Korean War means (a) in the case of a member of the Canadian Forces, any service from the day of the member’s departure from Canada or the United States, including Alaska, to participate in the Korean War, until the earliest of (i) the day on which the member next returned to Canada or the United States, including Alaska, (ii) the day on which the member was next posted to a unit that was not participating in the Korean War, (iii) the day on which the unit with which the member was serving, having ceased to participate in the Korean War, arrived at the place to which it had been next assigned, and (iv) October 31, 1953, and (b) in the case of a Canadian merchant mariner of the Korean War as described in subsection 21.1(5), any service during a period described in paragraph 21.1(2)(b); ( service accompli pendant la guerre de Corée ) special duty service has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Veterans Well-being Act ; ( service spécial ) special force means the Canadian Army Special Force that was constituted for the purposes of the Korean War; ( contingent spécial ) surviving common-law partner , in relation to an individual, does not include, for greater certainty, a person who, at the time of the individual’s death, was a former common-law partner of that individual; ( conjoint de fait survivant ) surviving spouse , in relation to an individual, does not include, for greater certainty, a person who, at the time of the individual’s death, was a former spouse of that individual; ( époux survivant ) survivor , in relation to an individual, means the surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner of that individual; ( survivant ) treatment allowance [Repealed, 2000, c. 34, s. 20] Veterans Review and Appeal Board means the Veterans Review and Appeal Board established by section 4 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act ; ( Tribunal ) widowed mother [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 211] World War I means the war waged by the German Emperor and His Allies against His Majesty and His Majesty’s Allies, and the period denoted by the term World War I is the period between August 4, 1914 and August 31, 1921, both dates inclusive; ( Première Guerre mondiale ) World War II means the war waged by His Majesty and His Majesty’s Allies against Germany and Germany’s Allies, and the period denoted by the term World War II is the period between September 1, 1939 and April 1, 1947, both dates inclusive. ( Seconde Guerre mondiale ) Persons deemed members of forces (2) A British subject resident and domiciled in Newfoundland at the time of enlistment who served in the naval, army or air forces of His Majesty or in any of the naval, army or air forces of the countries allied with