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Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Version of section 62 from 2007-03-01 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Election to continue as participant

  •  (1) A participant who is a member of the regular force and who has been a member substantially without interruption for five years or more or has been a participant under this Part without interruption for five years or more may, within one year before such time as he ceases to be a member, elect to continue to be a participant under this Part after that time.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (2) A person who ceases to be a member of the regular force and at the time he ceases to be a member is a participant who has been a member of the regular force substantially without interruption for five years or more or has been a participant under this Part without interruption for five years or more,

    • (a) shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part except section 65, to be a participant under this Part for a period of thirty days after that time; and

    • (b) may, within that period of thirty days, elect to continue to be a participant under this Part after the expiration of that period, and is, if on ceasing to be a member they are entitled under Part I or under the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act, chapter D-3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, to an immediate annuity, immediate annual allowance or pension, as the case may be, deemed so to have elected within that period to continue to be a participant under this Part after the expiration of that period.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (3) An election under subsection (1) or (2) shall be deemed not to take effect until the expiration of the period of thirty days mentioned in paragraph (2)(a).

  • Marginal note:Service in public service to be counted

    (4) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2),

    • (a) in calculating the period during which a person has been a member of the regular force, any period during which that person was employed in the public service shall be deemed to be service as a member of the regular force; and

    • (b) in calculating the period during which a person has been a participant under this Part, any period during which that person was a participant under Part II of the Public Service Superannuation Act shall be included.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-17, s. 62
  • 2003, c. 22, s. 225(E), c. 26, s. 27

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