Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Benefits payable on death

14 On the death of a contributor who was a member of the Force at the time of death, having to his or her credit a period of pensionable service less than the period prescribed by the regulations, the survivor and children of the contributor, in any case where the contributor died leaving a survivor or a child less than eighteen years of age, are entitled jointly to a death benefit equal to

• (a) a return of contributions, or

• (b) an amount equal to one month’s pay for each year of pensionable service to the credit of the contributor, computed on the basis of the rate of pay authorized to be paid to him at the time of his death,

whichever is the greater.