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• 13 (1) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, the widow of a contributor is not entitled to any annual allowance under these Regulations if that contributor married after having become entitled under these Regulations to an annuity, unless, subsequent to his marriage, he became or continued to be a contributor under these Regulations.

• (2) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, where a contributor dies within five years after his marriage, having been a contributor under these Regulations at the time of his marriage or at any time since his marriage, the amount of any annual allowance to which his widow may be entitled under these Regulations shall, if the Treasury Board is not satisfied that anticipation of impending death was not a consideration affecting the agreement to marry, be reduced by

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• (3) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, the amount of any annual allowance to which the widow of a contributor may be entitled under these Regulations shall, if the age of the contributor exceeded that of his widow by 20 or more years, be reduced so that the ratio of the reduced allowance to the allowance is equal to the ratio of the value of a life annuity of $1 per annum to a person aged 20 years less than the contributor at the date of his death to the value of a life annuity of $1 per annum to a person of the age of the widow at that date.

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Annuities Agents Pension Regulations.

• 14 (1) Subject to these Regulations, where an annuity or annual allowance becomes payable under these Regulations, it shall be paid in equal monthly instalments commencing on the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the day on which the recipient becomes entitled thereto and it shall continue to be paid on the first day of each month thereafter until the first day of the month during which the recipient dies and any amount in arrears thereof that remains unpaid at any time after his death shall, in the case of an annuity payable to a contributor who died leaving a widow, be paid in a lump sum as though that amount were a return of contributions to which his widow is entitled under these Regulations, and shall, in any other case, be paid to the recipient’s estate or, if less than $500, as the Treasury Board may direct.

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• (3) Where a contributor has become entitled under these Regulations to an annuity or an annual allowance the monthly instalments of which would amount to less than $10 each, there may be paid to that contributor, upon request by him to the Minister in writing within three months from the time when he became so entitled, an amount determined in accordance with subsection (4) to be the capitalized value of the said annuity, which payment shall be in lieu of any other benefit under these Regulations.

• (4) Where pursuant to these Regulations an annuity may be capitalized, the capitalized value shall be computed, where the contributor ceases to be engaged as an agent by reason of

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• 17 (1) Where any court in Canada of competent jurisdiction has made an order requiring a recipient to pay an amount to his spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent and the court has issued to the Minister a notice, in a form prescribed by the Minister, requesting him on behalf of the recipient to pay to the person named in the order an amount specified in the notice, the amount so specified or any lesser amount specified by the Minister shall, if the Minister so directs, be deducted either in a lump sum or in instalments from any amount that is or is about to become payable to the recipient under these Regulations and shall be paid to the person named in the order.

• (2) Where a contributor or a person to whom any benefit has become payable under these Regulations, has disappeared under circumstances that, in the opinion of the Minister, raise beyond a reasonable doubt a presumption that he is dead, the Minister may issue a certificate declaring that such person is presumed to be dead and stating the date upon which his death is presumed to have occurred, and upon the issue of the certificate such person shall be deemed, for all purposes of these Regulations, to have died on the date so stated in the certificate.

• (3) Where, for any reason, a recipient is unable to manage his own affairs, or where he is incapable of managing his own affairs and there is no person entitled by law to act as his committee, the Minister may pay to any person designated by the Treasury Board to receive payment on behalf of the recipient any amount that is payable to the recipient under these Regulations.

• (4) For the purpose of these Regulations, any payment made by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) or (3) is deemed to be a payment to the recipient in respect of whom such payment is made.

• 21 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations the age, death or marital status of a contributor or of the widow of a contributor shall be proved by forwarding to the Minister such evidence of age, death or marital status as the Minister, from time to time, considers appropriate.

• (2) The Minister, in any case in which he considers it necessary or advisable in connection with the administration of these Regulations, may require any person to submit to him a statutory declaration setting out the facts that the Minister considers relevant in that case.

• (3) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, no benefits shall be paid under these Regulations until the evidence required by the Minister in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) has been received by him.