Marginal note:Promotion to rank of acting warrant officer

38. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a man who subsequent to the 10th day of September 1939 but prior to the 1st day of January 1947 was promoted to the rank of acting warrant officer shall be treated as a man for the purposes of this Act during the period that he continued to be an acting warrant officer.

Marginal note:Compassionate allowance to child

39. With respect to the payment of a compassionate allowance to the child of an officer under this Act, the allowance so payable shall be by reference to the equivalent naval rank held.

Marginal note:Permanent Active Air Force

40. This Act, subject to the modifications set out in this Part, applies with respect to the Permanent Active Air Force.

Marginal note:Definitions

41. In applying this Act to the Permanent Active Air Force,

“force”

« forces »

“force” means the Permanent Active Air Force and any other component of the Royal Canadian Air Force the members of which are enlisted or appointed for continuing full-time service;

“man”, “militiaman”

« homme », « milicien »

“man” means a non-commissioned officer or aircraftman of the force, and the expression “militiaman”, as used in this Act, includes a “man” as herein defined;

“officer”

« officier »

“officer” means a commissioned officer, a subordinate officer or a warrant officer of the force;

“service”, in the case of a man

« service », dans le cas d’un homme

“service”, in the case of a man, includes

• (a) time served with pay or salary in the public service of Canada under the Air Board prior to the 1st day of April 1924, and

• (b) time served with pay in the Canadian Air Force prior to the 1st day of April 1924;

“service”, in the case of an officer

« service », dans le cas d’un officier

“service”, in the case of an officer, includes

• (a) time served with pay or salary in the public service of Canada under the Air Board prior to the 1st day of April 1924,

• (b) time served with pay in the Canadian Air Force prior to the 1st day of April 1924, and

• (c) half the time served in the Canadian Air Force other than as mentioned in paragraph (b) or in the Royal Canadian Air Force other than the force, but the time to be credited under this paragraph shall in no case exceed ten years, and if an officer’s pension is increased by reason of this paragraph, then in addition to the deductions mentioned in section 9, such pension shall be subject to an annual deduction for a number of years equal to the number of years added to his service under this paragraph, such annual deductions to be equal to five per cent of the pay that the officer was receiving at the time of his retirement from the force.