Bill C-345

2nd Session, 40th Parliament,

57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009

house of commons of canada

BILL C-345

An Act to amend the War Veterans Allowance Act (allied veterans)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. (1) Subsection 6.2(1) of the War Veterans Allowance Act is replaced by the following:

6.2 (1) Subject to this Act, an allowance payable under section 4 or awarded under section 5, on or before February 27, 1995, to or in respect of a person who is an allied veteran within the meaning of paragraph 37(4)(b) or an allied dual service veteran within the meaning of subsection 37(6), as that paragraph and that subsection read immediately before that day, shall continue to be paid during the lifetime of the recipient and shall cease with the payment for the month in which the recipient dies.

(2) Subsection 6.2(3) of the Act is repealed.

(3) The portion of subsection 6.2(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a person to whom subsection (1) or (2) applies who

2. (1) The portion of subsection 37(4) of the Act after paragraph (c) and before paragraph (d) is replaced by the following:

who,

(2) Subsection 37(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(6) An allied dual service veteran is a person who

(a) served during World War I as a member of His Majesty’s forces;

(b) was a member of His Majesty’s Canadian forces during World War II, enlisted or obligated to serve without territorial limitation; and

(c) has been honourably discharged or has been permitted honourably to resign or retire from those forces.