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r of His Majesty’s Canadian forces during World War II, enlisted or obligated to serve without territorial limitation, and (iv) has been honourably discharged or has been permitted honourably to resign or retire from those forces. (b) [Repealed, 1995, c. 17, s. 71] Canadian Forces veteran (7) A Canadian Forces veteran is a person who, (a) as a member of the forces referred to in section 14 of the National Defence Act , left Canada or the United States, including Alaska, at any time prior to July 27, 1953 to participate in military operations undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the Republic of Korea; or (b) is in receipt of a pension under the Pension Act , or is declared to have been eligible for, or awarded, a pension under the Pension Act after the member’s death, having become eligible for that pension by virtue of (i) service as a member of the special force, as that force is defined in subsection 3(1) of that Act, or (ii) service in the Korean War, as that service is defined in subsection 3(1) of that Act. Definitions (7.1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section. allied ship means a ship other than a Canadian ship or a ship serving the enemy, and includes a ship that belonged to a government of an enemy-occupied country, or to a person resident in an enemy-occupied country, and that was placed under Canadian or allied control. ( navire allié ) 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 ship means (a) a ship registered or licensed in Canada or Newfoundland, except (i) a ship chartered by bareboat charter to a charterer resident outside Canada or Newfoundland, or (ii) a ship taken over and operated by any allied country; and (b) a ship, wherever registered or licensed, having a crew engaged under the laws of Canada or Newfoundland and (i) chartered by bareboat charter to a charterer resident in Canada or Newfoundland, or (ii) taken over and operated by, under the control of, or on behalf of the Canadian Shipping Board or a Canadian naval authority. ( navire canadien ) distressed mariner means a person who was in distress in a place outside Canada or Newfoundland, having been shipwrecked, discharged or left behind from a ship on which the person was engaged, and who received or was entitled to receive relief under (a) the Distressed Seamen Regulations , made by Order in Council P.C. 609 of March 23, 1937, as those regulations read at the relevant time; or (b) Order in Council P.C. 8592 of November 9, 1943. ( en détresse ) foreign voyage means a voyage from or to any place outside the area of a home-trade voyage. ( voyage de long cours ) home-trade voyage means a voyage between places in Canada, Newfoundland, the United States or Saint Pierre and Miquelon, in the course of which the ship did not go south of 36° North latitude or through the Bering Strait. ( voyage de cabotage ) territorial waters of Canada means all waters within three nautical miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks or harbours of Canada and Newfoundland, not included within the limits specified and described in the first article of the convention between His Majesty King George III and the United States, signed at London on October 20, 1818, and includes all waters that, pursuant to Order in Council P.C. 3139 of December 18, 1937, were delimited as Canadian territorial waters, but does not include (a) the waters of the St. Lawrence River seaward from a line drawn due south across that river from the mouth of the Saguenay River; or (b) the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca westward beyond 124° 30′ West longitude. ( eaux territoriales du Canada ) war risk bonus means the pay supplement that was paid to ships’ crews serving in dangerous waters (a) by shipowners or shipping companies under the authority of decisions, findings or directions of the National War Labour Board pursuant to (i) th