Pension Act — P-6 21.1
Definitions 21.1 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section. Canadian manning pool means a manning pool of the Canadian merchant navy established under Order in Council P.C. 14/3550 of May 19, 1941. ( dépôt d’équipages canadien ) Canadian marine training school means a school established under Order in Council P.C. 148/9130 of November 22, 1941. ( école d’entraînement maritime canadienne ) distressed mariner means a distressed mariner as defined in subsection 37(7.1) of the War Veterans Allowance Act . ( en détresse ) war service bonus means the bonus paid under The Merchant Seamen War Service Bonus Order, 1944 , Order in Council P.C. 149/2705 of April 18, 1944, as amended. ( indemnité pour service de guerre ) Applicable rules (2) The following rules apply for the purposes of this section: (a) the period of a person’s service on a voyage or trip referred to in subsection 37(7.3) of the War Veterans Allowance Act includes (i) any period of duty preparatory to the voyage or trip, (ii) any period of duty between the end of the voyage or trip and the person’s return to Canada, (iii) any period of duty in Canada after the end of the voyage or trip that is consequential on the voyage or trip, (iv) any period of authorized leave of absence with pay during the voyage or trip, (v) any period of captivity, imprisonment or internment by the enemy or by any foreign power that was not allied or associated with Canada, if that period commenced during the voyage or trip or occurred as a consequence of the voyage or trip, (vi) any period of hospitalization resulting from an injury or disease or an aggravation thereof incurred during the voyage or trip, and (vii) any period as a distressed mariner, but does not include any period after the person’s service on the voyage or trip was terminated for cause; (b) the period of a person’s service on a voyage referred to in subsection (5) is the “Korean-related part of the voyage”, namely, the portion of the voyage during which the ship was in waters described in subsection (5) plus those portions of the voyage before and after that portion that, in the Minister’s opinion, were essential to the prosecution of the Korean War on behalf of the United Nations, and includes (i) any period of authorized leave of absence with pay during the Korean-related part of the voyage, (ii) any period of captivity, imprisonment or internment by the enemy or by any foreign power that was not allied or associated with Canada, if that period commenced during the Korean-related part of the voyage or occurred as a consequence of the Korean-related part of the voyage, (iii) any period of hospitalization resulting from an injury or disease or an aggravation thereof incurred during the Korean-related part of the voyage, and (iv) any period as a distressed mariner that commenced during the Korean-related part of the voyage, but does not include any period after the person’s service on the voyage was terminated for cause; (c) a distressed mariner’s period as such commences the moment the mariner was shipwrecked, discharged or left behind from a ship on which the mariner was engaged, and ends with the mariner’s arrival at the mariner’s proper return port within the meaning of section 299 of the Canada Shipping Act, 1934 ; (d) the period of a person’s service as a member of a Canadian manning pool includes (i) any period of training, (ii) any period of authorized leave of absence with pay, and (iii) any period of hospitalization resulting from an injury or disease or an aggravation thereof incurred while the person was a member of the manning pool, but does not include any period after the person’s service as a member of the manning pool was terminated for cause; (e) the existence of a manning pool record card for a person shall be taken as conclusive evidence that the person was a member of a Canadian manning pool during the period indicated on the card; (f) evidence that the Director of Merchant Seamen paid war